Rhinobatos borneensis

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 borneensis

Name

Rhinobatos borneensis Last et al., 2016

• Holotype: SMEC 373.
• Paratypes (9): IPMB-I 01.00115 (0, 1), 01.00117 (0, 1); CSIRO H 7086–01 (2 prenatal juvenile males, 2 females, from mother IPMB-I 01.00115), H 7543–01 (1, 0), H 7544–01 (1, 0); SMEC 374 (0, 1).

Type locality: Kota Kinabalu fish market (05°58'57.66"N, 116°04'19.83"E), Sabah, Malaysia.

Etymology: Named with reference to the type locality (Borneo) from where the first specimens were observed during a UK Darwin Foundation funded survey of the sharks and rays of Sabah in 1996.

Vernacular names

English: Borneo Shovelnose Ray

References

• 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.