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.