Rhynchobatus

Rhynchobatus Temporal range: Lower Eocene–Recent[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Giant guitarfish (R. djiddensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rhynchobatidae Garman, 1913
Genus:	Rhynchobatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
Type species
Rhinobatus laevis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Rhynchobatus is a group of rays commonly known as wedgefishes, and the sole genus in the family Rhynchobatidae. They are found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific with a single species in the eastern Atlantic. All species in this genus are assessed as Vulnerable or Endangered by IUCN.

Species

Until recently, the white-spotted wedgefish and broadnose wedgefish were considered conspecific with the giant guitarfish.

• Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 (White-spotted Wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (Giant guitarfish)
• Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Smoothnose wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum, 1915 (African wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 (Eyebrow wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010 (Broadnose wedgefish)

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Rhynchobatus in FishBase. February 2011 version.

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