annandalei, Rhinobatus Norman [J. R.] 1926:960, Fig. 13 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926 (pt 4); ref. 3215] East channel, mouth of Hughli [Hooghly] River, Bay of Bengal, India, depth 40 fathoms [about 70 meters]. Lectotype: BMNH 1909.7.12.1 [ex ZSI]. Paralectotype: BMNH 1909.7.12.2 [ex ZSI] (1). Lectotype selected by Last et al. 2019:259 [ref. 36614]. •Valid as Rhinobatos annandalei Norman 1926 -- (Compagno & Randall 1987:340 [ref. 9128], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:37 [ref. 20764], Morón et al. 1999:149 [ref. 24253], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:302 [ref. 25467], Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Last 2004:208 [ref. 27765], Last et al. 2006:267 [ref. 29418], Psomadakis et al. 2015:99 [ref. 34104] as cf. annandalei, Weigmann 2016:86 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:470 [ref. 34473], White et al. 2016:596 [ref. 34839], Séret et al. 2016:96 [ref. 34993], Ebert & Gon 2017:205 [ref. 35352], Eagderi et al. 2019:16 [ref. 37020], Fernando et al. 2019:220 [ref. 36642], Last et al. 2019:259 [ref. 36614], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 3 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:195 [ref. 37272], Haroon & Kibria 2021:93 [ref. 39241] as Rhinobatus annandalei, Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567]). Current status: Valid as Rhinobatos annandalei Norman 1926. Rhinobatidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Oman east to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Persian Gulf record needs verification. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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