Rhynchobatus immaculatus

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
Subfamilia: Rhynchobatinae
Genus: Rhynchobatus
Species: Rhynchobatus immaculatus

Name

Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, H.-C. Ho & Chen, 2013

Holotype: NMMB P16274. Paratypes: CSIRO H 7418–01 (1); NMMB P16135 (1), P16275 [HO–180] (1).

Type locality: Keelung fish market, Taiwan.

Etymology: The epithet, immaculate, is a combination of the Latin im ('not') and macula ('spot', 'mark'), and is based on the lack of a dark pectoral marking (rather than any white spots) which is otherwise present in small individuals of other nominal species of Rhynchobatus.

References

• Last, P.R., Ho, H.-C. & Chen, R.-R. 2013. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes, Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 185–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.11 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Taiwanese Wedgefish