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Species in the family or subfamily Rhinidae: [ 18 ] records

ancylostomus, Rhina Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:352, Pl. 72 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Coromandel, India. Lectotype: ZMB (lost). Paralectotypes: ZMB 4621 (1, dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:175 [ref. 21041], Paepke 1999:122-123 [ref. 24282]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:123 [ref. 24282] as the specimen figured in Pl. 72. Species epithet is treated as a noun. •Valid as Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Dyldin 2015:59 [ref. 34524], Last et al. 2016:471 [ref. 34473], Séret & Naylor 2016:307 [ref. 34547], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:67 [ref. 34992], White et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35860], Ali et al. 2018:303 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:15 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:47 [ref. 35922], Eagderi et al. 2019:15 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 3 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:194 [ref. 37272], Bogorodsky et al. 2021:515 [ref. 38242], Haroon & Kibria 2021:92 [ref. 39241], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Zajonz et al. 2022:22 [ref. 40522]). •Valid as Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Dor 1984:14 [ref. 29757], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:12 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:128 [ref. 5648], Allen & Swainston 1988:24 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:53 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:296 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:4 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:42 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:44 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:493 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:29 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:149 [ref. 24253], Compagno & Last 1999:1421 [ref. 24637], Johnson 1999:718 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:159 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:159 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:64, 480 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:47 [ref. 27735], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:79 [ref. 28072], Compagno et al. 2005:59 [ref. 29145], Paxton et al. 2006:175 [ref. 28994], Last el al. 2010:146 [ref. 32461], Fricke et al. 2011:347 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:62 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:16 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:346 [ref. 33045], Psomadakis et al. 2015:97 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Fricke et al. 2018:23 [ref. 35805], Kumar et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36178], Sonoyama et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37637], Ebert et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38234], Ebert et al. 2022:562 [ref. 39671], Allen & Erdmann 2024:63 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Rhinidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion and Mauritius) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

atlanticus, Rhynchobatus Regan [C. T.] 1915:124 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 15 (no. 85); ref. 15006] Off Lagos, Nigeria, depth 10-35 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1914.11.2.2. •Synonym of Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum 1914 -- (Stehmann 1990:22 [ref. 19316], Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689], Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Séret 2016:1356 [ref. 34545], Séret & Naylor 2016:307 [ref. 34547] as lübberti). Current status: Synonym of Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum 1914. Rhinidae. Habitat: marine.

australiae, Rhynchobatus djiddensis Whitley [G. P.] 1939:245, Fig. 14 [Australian Zoologist v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4695] Off Manning River mouth, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.4959. •Synonym of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:54 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:298 [ref. 23873]). •Valid as Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley 1939 -- (Compagno & Last 1999:1421 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:47 [ref. 27735], Compagno et al. 2005:60 [ref. 29145], Paxton et al. 2006:175 [ref. 28994], Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689], Compagno & Last 2010:77 [ref. 30851], Last el al. 2010:148 [ref. 32461], Weigmann 2011:254 [ref. 32424], Allen & Erdmann 2012:62 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:17 [ref. 32988], Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Ebert et al. 2013:346 [ref. 33045], Yoshida et al. 2013:13 [ref. 34464], Bineesh et al. 2014:1267 [ref. 33218], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:68 [ref. 34992], White et al. 2017:202 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:23 [ref. 35805], Kumar et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:47 [ref. 35922], Eagderi et al. 2019:15 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:43 [ref. 36673], Bineesh et al. 2020:22 [ref. 37641], Psomadakis et al. 2020:194 [ref. 37272], Koeda et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37788], Bogorodsky et al. 2021:515 [ref. 38242], Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788], Iino et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38464], Wada et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38521], Ebert et al. 2022:563 [ref. 39671], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Zajonz et al. 2022:20 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:63 [ref. 40796], Glaus et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40788]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley 1939. Rhinidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Persian Gulf east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Fiji, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to eastern Australia. Habitat: marine.

compagnoi, Rhynchobatus Last [P. R.] & Kyne [P. M.] 2016 •Appeared as Rhynchobatus compagnoi Last & Kyne 2016 [ref. 35000] -- (Last, White & Séret 2016:69 [ref. 34992], but this species corresponds to Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno 2016 as published in 2016). •Not available, left in by mistake for cooki. Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno 2016. Rhinidae.

cooki, Rhynchobatus Last [P. R.], Kyne [P. M.] & Compagno [L. J. V.] 2016:235, Figs. 1-8 [Zootaxa 4139 (no. 2); ref. 34563] Jurong fish market, Singapore. Holotype: ZRC 41175. Paratypes: BPBM, CAS, SAMC, ZRC. Plus additional non-type material. Treated by mistake as Rhynchobatus compagnoi in Last, White & Seret 2016 [ref. 35000] as a name left in by mistake for Rhynchobatus cooki as pointed out by Christopher Scharpf, 30 Dec. 2016; compare p. 57, 757 and the index. •Valid as Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno 2016 -- (Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno 2016. Rhinidae. Distribution: Singapore, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

cyclostomus, Rhinobates (Rhina) Swainson [W.] 1839:322 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Unneeded new name for Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider 1801. •Objective synonym of Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Current status: Synonym of Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Rhinidae. Habitat: marine.

djiddensis, Raja Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:18, viii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Luhaiya, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:11 [ref. 30182]. As Rhinobatus djidsensis in Bloch & Schneider 1801:356 [ref. 471], and as Rhinobatus djeddensis in Rüppell 1829:54 [3843]; also sometimes misspelled "djettensis". •Valid as Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:14 [ref. 29757], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:12 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:131 [ref. 5648], Allen & Swainston 1988:24 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:54 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:297 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:4 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:43 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:72 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:44 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:343 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:16 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:493 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:38 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:30 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:149 [ref. 24253], Johnson 1999:718 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:159 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:100 [ref. 25191], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:96 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:159 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:64, 481 [ref. 26218], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:609 [ref. 27495] as Rhinchobatus, Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:47 [ref. 27735], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:79 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:17 [ref. 28239], Compagno et al. 2005:60 [ref. 29145], Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689], Fricke 2008:11 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:12 [ref. 30213], Compagno & Last 2010:77 [ref. 30851], Fricke et al. 2011:347 [ref. 31242], Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Bineesh et al. 2014:1267 [ref. 33218], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:70 [ref. 34992], Ali et al. 2018:303 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:23 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:15 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36178], Suresh et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:15 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:59 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 3 [ref. 38321], Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788], Ebert et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38234], Haroon & Kibria 2021:98 [ref. 39241] misidentified, Ebert et al. 2022:563 [ref. 39671], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775). Rhinidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion). Habitat: brackish, marine.

immaculatus, Rhynchobatus Last [P. R.], Ho [H.-C.] & Chen [R.-R.] 2013:189, Figs. 2-7 [Zootaxa 3752 (no. 1); ref. 33039] Keelung fish market, Taiwan. Holotype: NMMBP 16274. Paratypes: CSIRO H 7418 (1); NMMBP 16135 (1), 16275 (1). Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, Ho & Chen 2013 -- (Ebert et al. 2013:348 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:71 [ref. 34992], Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, Ho & Chen 2013. Rhinidae. Distribution: Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Rhinobatus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:354, Pl. 71 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 5536 (stuffed). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:176 [ref. 21041], Paepke 1999:123 [ref. 24282]. As Rhinobatos laevis on plate. Type regarded as neotype from Paepke & Schmidt 1988:176 [ref. 21041] by Koeda et al. 2020:233 [ref. 37788], but called paratype in Fig. 10. •Synonym of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:14 [ref. 29757], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:302 [ref. 25467] as djeddensis). •Valid as Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Compagno & Last 1999:1422 [ref. 24637] as cf. laevis, Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122] as cf. laevis, Compagno et al. 2005:60 [ref. 29145] as cf. laevis, Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689], Compagno & Last 2010:77 [ref. 30851], Last et al. 2010:150 [ref. 32461], Naylor et al. 2012:90 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Larson et al. 2013:17 [ref. 32988], Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Bineesh et al. 2014:1267 [ref. 33218], Psomadakis et al. 2015:97 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:72 [ref. 34992], Ali et al. 2018:303 [ref. 36183], Eagderi et al. 2019:15 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:195 [ref. 37272], Koeda et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37788], Ebert et al. 2022:564 [ref. 39671], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Rhinidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique and Madagascar to Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, east to southern China, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Rhynchobatus Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:111 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Mumbai and Malabar, India. Syntypes: (17) MNHN A-7850 (1) Bambay, A-7851 (1) Malabar. Type catalog: Bertin 1939:81 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:10 [ref. 9312]. Not regarded as available by us but as a new combination of Rhinobatus laevis Bloch & Schneider cited in synonymy; incorrectly treated as available by authors. •In the synonymy of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775) -- (authors). Current status: Synonym of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775). Rhinidae.

luebberti, Rhynchobatus Ehrenbaum [E.] 1914:v. 6, p. 403, Fig. [Der Fischerbote v. 5-6; ref. 17457] West Africa [Cameroon]. Holotype: ZMH (lost). Originally as lübberti. Also appeared as new in Ehrenbaum 1915:69, Fig. [ref. 15784]. •Valid as Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum 1914 -- (Stehmann 1990:22 [ref. 19316], Compagno 1999:485 [ref. 25589], Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689], Compagno & Last 2010:77 [ref. 30851], Compagno & Last 2010:77 [ref. 30851], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Séret 2016:1356 [ref. 34545], Séret & Naylor 2016:291 [ref. 34547] as lübberti and lubberti, Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:73 [ref. 34992], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:122 [ref. 37302], Reiner 2019:39 [ref. 38139] as lubberti, Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788], Fermon et al. 2022:103 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum 1914. Rhinidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

maculata, Rhinobatus Ehrenberg [C. G.] in Rüppell 1829:56 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Not available, name mentioned in text. •In the synonymy of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:14 [ref. 29757]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775). Rhinidae.

mauritaniensis, Rhynchorhina Séret [B.] & Naylor [G. J. P.] 2016:293, Figs. 2-14 [Zootaxa 4138 (no. 2); ref. 34547] Iwik, Banc d' Arguin, Mauritania. Holotype: MNHN 2003-0610. Paratypes: MNHN 2003-0611 (1), 2003-0612 (1). •Valid as Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis Séret & Naylor 2016 -- (Last et al. 2016:76 [ref. 34992], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:122 [ref. 37302]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis Séret & Naylor 2016. Rhinidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania endemic. Habitat: marine.

mononoke, Rhynchobatus Koeda [K.], Itou [M.], Yamada [M.] & Motomura [H.] 2020:224, Figs. 1-8 [Ichthyological Research v. 68 (no. 2); ref. 37788] Off Satsu-masendai [purchased at Kagoshima City Central Fish Market], Kagoshima, Japan, 31°50ʹN, 130°03ʹE. Holotype: KAUM-I. 80332. Paratypes: BMNH 1937.7.7.14-15 (2), KAUM-I. 117802 (1), KBF-I 1085 (1). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Rhynchobatus mononoke Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura 2020 Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus mononoke Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura 2020. Rhinidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Japan to northern East China Sea. Habitat: marine.

palpebratus, Rhynchobatus Compagno [L. J. V.] & Last [P. R.] 2008:230, Figs. 1-3 [CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022; ref. 29689] Northwest of Wessel Islands, Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, Australia, 10°11'S, 137°17'E, depth 50 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 3384-01. Paratypes: CSIRO C 2291 (1), CA 2373 (1), H 2376-08 (1), H 3322-01 (1), H 3340-01 (1), H 4297-01 (1). •Valid as Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last 2008 -- (Compagno & Last 2010:77 [ref. 30851], Allen & Erdmann 2012:62 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:17 [ref. 32988], Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Ebert et al. 2013:347 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:74 [ref. 34992], White et al. 2017:204 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:48 [ref. 35922], Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last 2008. Rhinidae. Distribution: Indo-Malay Archipelago: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

rueppellii, Rhinobates Swainson [W.] 1838:185, Fig. 24 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] No locality. No types known. Original as Rüppellii, corrected to rueppellii Kullander 2016:94 [ref. 34436]. See Kullander 2016:92 [ref. 34436]. •Possible synonym of Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689]). Current status: Uncertain as Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål 1775). Rhinidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

springeri, Rhynchobatus Compagno [L. J. V.] & Last [P. R.] 2010:79, Figs. 1-3 [CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 032; ref. 30851] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH PISC 38539. Paratypes: (22) CAS, CSRIO. HUMZ, IPPS, RMNH PISC, CAS-SU, ZMH. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last 2010 -- (Last el al. 2010:152 [ref. 32461], Allen & Erdmann 2012:62 [ref. 31980], Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Ebert et al. 2013:347 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:82 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:472 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:233 [ref. 34563], Last et al. 2016:75 [ref. 34992], Koeda et al. 2020:234 [ref. 37788]). Current status: Valid as Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last 2010. Rhinidae. Distribution: Indo-Malay Archipelago: Thailand south to Borneo, Java; Taiwan, Singapore and Philippines, possibly more widespread. Habitat: brackish, marine.

yentinensis, Rhynchobatus Wang [K.-F.] 1933:98, Fig. 4 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 16467] Yenting [Wenching], Wenchow, China. Holotype (unique): SSCN 10881 (skin). •Possibly a synonym of Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Compagno & Last 2008:230 [ref. 29689]). •Mention -- (Compagno & Last 2010:86 [ref. 30851]). •Placement is uncertain -- (Last et al. 2013:185 [ref. 33039], Koeda et al. 2020:235 [ref. 37788]). Current status: Synonym of Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Rhinidae. Habitat: marine.