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Rhinobatos  Linck, 1790
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160814

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): guitarfishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarão, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderRhinobatiformes  – guitarfishes  
                                  FamilyRhinobatidae Müller and Henle, 1837 – guitares de mer, guitarras, guitarfishes  
                                     GenusRhinobatos Linck, 1790 – guitarfishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos albomaculatus (Norman, 1930)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos annandalei (Norman, 1926)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos annulatus (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos batillum Whitley, 1939  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos blochii (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos cemiculus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos formosensis (Norman, 1926)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos glaucostigma (Jordan and Gilbert, 1883) – guitarra punteada, speckled guitarfish 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos granulatus (Cuvier, 1829)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos halavi (Forsskål, 1775)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos holcorhynchus (Norman, 1922)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos horkelii Müller and Henle, 1841 – Brazilian guitarfish 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos hynnicephalus (Richardson, 1846)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos irvinei (Norman, 1931)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos lentiginosus Garman, 1880 – guitarra diablito, Atlantic guitarfish 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos leucorhynchus (Günther, 1867) – whitesnout guitarfish, guitarra trompa blanca 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos leucospilus (Norman, 1926)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos lionotus (Norman, 1926)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos obtusus (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos ocellatus (Norman, 1926)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792) – fiddlefish, southern guitarfish, guitarfish, guitarra 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos planiceps Garman, 1880  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos productus (Ayres, 1854) – guitarra viola, shovelnose guitarfish 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos punctifer Compagno and Randall, 1987  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) – common Mediterranean guitarfish, guitarfish 
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos schlegelii (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos thouin (Anonymous, 1798)  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos typus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Rhinobatos   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Rhinobatos   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhinobatos   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhinobatos   
       

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