Rhinobatos holcorhynchus

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 holcorhynchus

Name

Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1922.1.13.18.

Type locality: Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,south western Indian Ocean, depth 45 fathoms.

Etymology: holkos (= furrow, grove or track); rhynchos (= snout or rostrum), presumably referring to widely separated rostral ridge. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus holcorhynchus Norman, 1922

Vernacular names

English: Slender Guitarfish

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. 
• Norman, J.R. 1922. Three new fishes from Zululand and Natal, collected by Mr. H. W. Bell Marley; with additions to the fish fauna of Natal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 9) 9(52): 318–322. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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

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