Rhynchobatus springeri

Taxonavigation

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
Subfamilia: Rhynchobatinae
Genus: Rhynchobatus

Species: Rhynchobatus springeri

Name

Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010

Holotype: RMNH PISC 38539.
Paratypes (22): at CAS, CSRIO, HUMZ, IPPS, RMNH PISC, CAS-SU, ZMH.

Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Etymology: named in honor of the late Stewart Springer (1906-1991), for his contribution to the systematics of Rhynchobatus. (From: The ETYFishproject)

Vernacular names

English: Broadnose Wedgefish

References

Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 2010. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus springeri (Rhynchobatoidei, Rhynchiobatidae), from the western Pacific. In: Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 032: 77–88. 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.

Links

Rhynchobatus springeri in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Rhynchobatus springeri in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.

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