Trygonorrhina dumerilii

Taxonavigation

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: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Trygonorrhina
Species: Trygonorrhina dumerilii

Name

Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873)

• Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Type locality: Western Australia.

Etymology: in honor of August Duméril (1812-1870), herpetologist and ichthyologist, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris).

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus dumerilii Castelnau, 1873
• Trygonorrhina fasciata guanerius Whitley, 1932

Vernacular names

English: Southern fiddler ray, Magpie Fiddler Ray

References

• Castelnau, F. L., 1873: Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 2: 37–158.

• Donnellan, S.C., Foster, R., Junge, C., Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Kilian, A. & Bertozzi, T. 2015. Fiddling with the proof: the Magpie Fiddler Ray is a colour pattern variant of the common Southern Fiddler Ray (Rhinobatidae: Trygonorrhina). Zootaxa 3981(3): 367–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.