Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Rhinobatos
Species: Rhinobatos penggali

Name

Rhinobatos penggali Last et al., 2006

  • Holotype: MZB 12904.
  • Paratypes: CSIRO (4 specimens): H 5632-02 (1), H 5632-03 (1), H 5873-01 (1), 5873-02 (1).

Type locality: Kedonganan fish market, 8°45'S, 115°10'E, Bali, Indonesia.

Etymology: penggali, Indonesian for shovel, referring to head shape of this and other “shovelnose rays”. (From: The ETYFish project)

Vernacular names

English: Indonesian Shovelnose Ray

References

  • Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Fahmi 2006. Rhinobatos jimbaranensis and R. penggali, two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from eastern Indonesia. Cybium 30(3): 261–271. Reference page. 
  • 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(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page. 
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