Brown guitarfish

Brown guitarfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Rhinobatos
Species:
R. schlegelii
Binomial name
Rhinobatos schlegelii
Müller & Henle, 1841
Synonyms

Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926

The brown guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.[2] It is found in western Pacific of Taiwan and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, coral reefs, and estuarine waters. The Taiwan guitarfish (Rhinobatos formosensis) was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now considered a junior synonym.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Rhinobatos schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T104005557A104006031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T104005557A104006031.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhinobatos schlegelii". FishBase. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ Last, P. R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2016). A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117, 451–475. 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1


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