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 holcorhynchus

Name

Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922

  • Holotype (unique): BMNH 1922.1.13.18.

Type locality: Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,south western Indian Ocean, depth 45 fathoms.

Etymology: holkos (= furrow, grove or track); rhynchos (= snout or rostrum), presumably referring to widely separated rostral ridge. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Vernacular names

English: Slender Guitarfish

References

  • 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. 
  • Norman, J.R. 1922. Three new fishes from Zululand and Natal, collected by Mr. H. W. Bell Marley; with additions to the fish fauna of Natal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 9) 9(52): 318–322. BHL Reference page. 
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