Glaucostegus typus

Familia: Glaucostegidae
Genus: Glaucostegus
Species: Glaucostegus typus

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Name

Glaucostegus typus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

- Based on Rhinobatus rhinobatus of Bloch & Schneider, 1801.

Syntypes: BMNH 1852.8.30.17 (dry) Sumatra.

Type locality: Sumatra, Indonesia; India.

Etymology: allusion not evident; the author may have intended this species to represent type of genus (type is assumed to be Rhinobatos rhinobatos based on tautonymy but accurate type designation has never been researched). (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Rhinobatus typus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Rhinobatos typus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 -- Last & Stevens, 1994
Rhinobatus armatus Gray, 1834
Rhinobatos batillum Whitley, 1939

Vernacular names

English: Giant Shovelnose Ray

References

Anonymous [Bennett, E.T.] 1830. Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. John Murray, London. 701 pp. Reference page.

Links

Glaucostegus typus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Glaucostegus typus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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