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Genera in the family or subfamily Rhinopteridae: [ 6 ] records


Micromesus Gill [T. N.] 1865:136 Masc. Rhinoptera adspersa Valenciennes 1841. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829 -- (Cappetta 1987:173 [ref. 6348]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829. Rhinopteridae.

Mylorhina Gill [T. N.] 1865:136 Fem. Rhinoptera lalandii Valenciennes 1841. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829 -- (Cappetta 1987:173 [ref. 6348]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829. Rhinopteridae.

Rhinoptera Cuvier [G.] 1829:401 Fem. Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bonaparte 1828:6 (of separate) [ref. 4979], also by Hay 1902:321 [ref. 6281]. Appeared first as Rhenoptera van Hasselt 1823:318 [ref. 4513] and Rhinoptera van Hasselt 1824:90 [ref. 5104], regarded as nomina nuda. Cuvier's "Les Rhinoptera Kuhl" evidently sufficient to latinize; two included species. •Valid as Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829 -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:76 [ref. 7167], Compagno 1986:133 [ref. 5648], Cappetta 1987:173 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:49 [ref. 12442], Nishida 1990:98 [ref. 19783], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:77 [ref. 24550], Compagno & Last 1999:1521 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:584 [ref. 26985], Compagno et al. 2005:80 [ref. 29145] with author as Kuhl, Allen et al. 2006:209 [ref. 29002], Schwartz 2008:39 [ref. 36773], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:16 [ref. 36649], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:144 [ref. 33423], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34398], Last et al. 2016:733 [ref. 35017], Jones et al. 2017:499 [ref. 35523], White et al. 2017:282 [ref. 35860], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:28 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:17 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:67 [ref. 35922], Ebert et al. 2021:99 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829. Rhinopteridae.

Rhinoptera van Hasselt [J. C.] 1824:90 Fem. Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817. Type by subsequent designation. Not available, appeared without distinguishing features for two unnamed species. Rhenoptera van Hasselt 1823 also not available. Nomen Nudum. Rhinopteridae.

Trikeras Harless [E.] 1850:841 Neut. Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817. Original not translated; apparently not available. •In the synonymy of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829 -- (Cappetta 1987:173 [ref. 6348]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829. Rhinopteridae.

Trycera Koch [H.] in Döderlein 1884:242 Fem. Not available; manuscript name as Trycera typica from Koch published in synonymy of Rhinoptera marginata and apparently never made available. •In the synonymy of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829. Rhinopteridae.


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