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Rhynchobatus

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The species are superficially similar and have often been confused. The various species can generally be separated by a combination of snout shape, vertebral count and exact colour (distribution of white spots, and presence/absence of a black spot at the base of the pectoral fin). The largest species can reach about 3 m (10 ft) and are among the largest species of Rhinopristiformes, but the smallest reach less than one-third of that size.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: In the past all the Indo-Pacific species have been confused with R. djiddensis, which as presently defined is restricted to the western Indian Ocean.

  • Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 (white-spotted wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (giant guitarfish)
  • Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016 (roughnose wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, H. C. Ho & R. R. Chen, 2013 (Taiwanese wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (smoothnose wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum, 1915 (African wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus mononoke Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura, 2020 (Japanese wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 (eyebrow wedgefish)
  • Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010 (broadnose wedgefish)

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