Species that contain: Rhinoptera and bonasus [ 3 ] records

affinis, Rhinoptera Bleeker [P.] 1863:19 [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Guinea. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1867.11.28.211 (1) Java, RMNH 7462 (2). •Synonym of Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) -- (McEachran & Séret 1990:71 [ref. 19318], Jones et al. 2020:301 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815). Rhinopteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bonasus, Raja Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:479 [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:86 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:44 [ref. 23100], McEachran & Séret 1990:71 [ref. 19318], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Boschung 1992:28 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:204 [ref. 23827], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:58 [ref. 22793], Murdy et al. 1997:52 [ref. 23144], Gallo-Da-Silva et al. 1997:585 [ref. 23235], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:192 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:208 [ref. 24490], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:79 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Menni & Stehmann 2000:93 [ref. 24909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:144 [ref. 27639], McEachran in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:79 [ref. 26158], Gomes & Gadig in Menezes et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27192], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:584 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:57 [ref. 27807], Naylor et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Page et al. 2013:57 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:152 [ref. 34211], Séret 2016:1432 [ref. 34545], Last & Yearsley 2016:7 [ref. 34940], Last et al. 2016:733 [ref. 35017], Nión et al. 2016:23 [ref. 35565], Jones et al. 2017:502 [ref. 35523], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], Spier et al. 2018:5 [ref. 36103], Ehemann et al. 2019:[7] [ref. 36861], Jones et al. 2020:301 [ref. 37610], Weber et al. 2020:[3] [ref. 37971], Haroon & Kibria 2021:126 [ref. 39241] misidentified, Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 6 [ref. 38986], Carvalho-Filho 2023:323 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40663], Hoff et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40505], Gadig et al. 2024:85 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815). Rhinopteridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New England (U.S.A.) south to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Not eastern Atlantic: Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea. IUCN (2019): Vulnerable. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lalandii, Rhinoptera Valenciennes [A.] in Müller & Henle 1841:182 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Brasilien [Brazil]. Syntypes: (2) MNHN 0000-3475 (1, stuffed), 2606 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:91 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:25 [ref. 9312]. Evidently Müller & Henle alone were responsible for the description, so authorship is regarded as Müller & Henle (ex Valenciennes). •Synonym of Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Jones et al. 2020:301 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815). Rhinopteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.