Species that contain: Rhinoptera and javanica [ 3 ] records

adspersa, Rhinoptera Valenciennes [A.] in Müller & Henle 1841:183 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] India [Indian seas]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3482 (stuffed). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:92 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:25 [ref. 9312]. •Valid as Rhinoptera adspersa Valenciennes 1841 -- (Randall 1995:48 [ref. 22896], Compagno & Last 1999:1522 [ref. 24637], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122]). •Questionably valid as Rhinoptera adspersa Valenciennes 1841 -- (Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589]). •Synonym of Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle 1841 -- (Last el al. 2010:252 [ref. 32461], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33423], Eagderi et al. 2019:13 [ref. 37020], Human 2022:627 [ref. 39664]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle 1841. Rhinopteridae. Habitat: marine.

javanica, Rhinoptera Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:182, [Pl. 58] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Java, Indonesia [coast of Malabar, India]. Syntypes: (4) ?MNHN 0000-2450 (1), MNHN 0000-3478 (1, dry) Malabar; RMNH (3, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:92 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:25 [ref. 9312]. See Last & Stevens 1994:457 [ref. 23873]. •Valid as Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle 1841 -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:16 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:133 [ref. 5648], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Randall et al. 1990:31 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:83 [ref. 27969], Morón et al. 1999:150 [ref. 24253], Compagno & Last 1999:1522 [ref. 24637], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:302 [ref. 25467], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:184 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:306 [ref. 25467], Nakabo 2002:184 [ref. 26001], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:55 [ref. 27735], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:87 [ref. 28072], Compagno et al. 2005:80 [ref. 29145], Schwartz 2008:39 [ref. 36773], Last el al. 2010:252 [ref. 32461], Larson et al. 2013:22 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:368 [ref. 33045], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33423], Psomadakis et al. 2015:107 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:152 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:735 [ref. 35017], Golani & Fricke 2018:17 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:298 [ref. 36178], Eagderi et al. 2019:13 [ref. 37020], Fernando et al. 2019:219 [ref. 36642], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 4 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:213 [ref. 37272], Haroon & Kibria 2021:127 [ref. 39241], Ray & Mohapatra 2021:493 [ref. 38156], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:47 [ref. 41223], Hsu et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39567], Human 2022:627 [ref. 39664], Allen & Erdmann 2024:72 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle 1841. Rhinopteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to Philippines, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to southern Indonesia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

neglecta, Rhinoptera Ogilby [J. D.] 1912:32 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 1; ref. 14855] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type specimen was originally identified as Rhinoptera javanica by De Vis 1885:12 [ref. 21720], but its condition became deteriorated when redescribed by Ogilby, and the type is apparently unaccounted for. •Valid as Rhinoptera neglecta Ogilby 1912 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:50 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:456 [ref. 23873], Compagno & Last 1999:1523 [ref. 24637], Johnson 1999:718 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:209 [ref. 29002], Schwartz 2008:39 [ref. 36773], Larson et al. 2013:22 [ref. 32988], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33423], Weigmann 2016:152 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:738 [ref. 35017], White et al. 2017:282 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:67 [ref. 35922], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 4 [ref. 38321]). Current status: Valid as Rhinoptera neglecta Ogilby 1912. Rhinopteridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.