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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Rhinobatidae
Subfamilia: Rhinobatinae
Genus: Acroteriobatus
Species: Acroteriobatus blochii
Name
Acroteriobatus blochii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Syntypes: (orig. 14, stuffed) MNHN 0000-1256 (1), 0000-3460 (1, dry), 0000-3471 (1), 0000-3473 (1, dry), 0000-3474 (1, dry), A-7853 (1), A-7854 (3); ZMB 4547 (1).
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Etymology: named in honor of ichthyologist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799), whose collection furnished the authors with a preserved specimen of this ray. (From The ETYFish project)
Synonyms
- Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) blochii Müller & Henle, 1841
- Rhinobatos blochii Müller & Henle, 1841 — Compagno, 1986
References
- Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838–1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin. i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Acroteriobatus blochii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Acroteriobatus blochii in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
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