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Wedgefish

Family of cartilaginous fishes

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Giant guitarfish ( Rhynchobatus djiddensis ) at Durban, South Africa.
Peter Giger · CC BY 2.0

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Taxonomy

  • Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801
    • Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Shark ray)
  • Rhynchobatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
    • Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 (Bottlenose wedgefish)
    • Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016 (Roughnose wedgefish)
    • Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (Whitespotted wedgefish)
    • Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, H.-C.Ho & R.-R. Chen, 2013 (Taiwanese wedgefish)
    • Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & 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)
  • Rhynchorhina Séret & Naylor, 2016
    • Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis Séret & Naylor, 2016 (False shark ray)

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