Rhina ancylostoma

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Rhina
Species: Rhina ancylostoma

Name

Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Lectotype: ZMB (lost).
- Lectotype designated by Paepke 1999 as the specimen figured in Pl. 72.
Paralectotypes: ZMB 4621 (1, dry, lost).

Type locality: Coromandel, India.

Etymology: angkylos (= bent, hooked or crooked); stoma (= mouth), probably referring to bow-shaped mouth. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Squatina ancyclostoma (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rhinobates (Rhina) cyclostomus Swainson, 1839
- Rhina cyclostomus Swainson, 1839

Vernacular names

English: Bowmouth Guitarfish, Bowmouth Wedgefish, Shark Ray
magyar: Cápafarkú gitárrája
日本語: シノノメサカタザメ
한국어: 목탁수구리
ไทย: ปลาโรนิน, ปลากระเบนท้องน้ำ

References

Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. M.E. Blochii, Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. i–lx + 1–584, Pls. 1–110. BHL Reference page.
Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page.
Paepke, H.-J. 1999. Bloch's fish collection in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: an illustrated catalog and historical account. Ruggell (Liechtenstein). Theses Zoologicae 32: 1–216, Pls. 1–32 (unpaginated). Reference page.

Links

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

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