Rhinobatos annandalei

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: Rhinobatos
Species: Rhinobatos annandalei

Name

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Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926

  • Syntypes: BMNH 1909.7.12.1-2 [ex ZSI] (2).

Type locality: East channel, mouth of Hughli [Hooghly] River, India, depth 40 fathoms.

Etymology: in honor of zoologist-anthropologist Thomas Nelson Annandale (1876-1924), Director, Indian Museum (Calcutta), who had published many papers on the fishes of India, including a 1909 account of this species. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

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Vernacular names

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English: Annandale's Guitarfish

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