Pseudobatos horkelii

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: Pseudobatos

Species: Pseudobatos horkelii

Name

Pseudobatos horkelii (Müller & Henle, 1841)

• Syntypes: (2) ZMB 4557 (1), 7850 (1, dry).

Type locality: Brasilien [Brazil].

Etymology: named in honor of physician-botanist Johann Horkel (1769-1846), who provided a preserved specimen from the University of Berlin. (From: The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) horkelii Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Rhinobatus horkelii Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Rhinobatos horkelii Müller & Henle, 1841

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian 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. 
• Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838–1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin. i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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