Species that contain: Rhynchobatus and djiddensis [ 4 ] records

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.

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.

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.

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.