Wedgefish Explained

Wedgefishes are rays of the family Rhinidae, comprising eleven species in three genera.^{[1] [2] [3]} Classified in the order Rhinopristiformes along with guitarfishes and sawfishes, they have also been known as giant guitarfishes or sharkfin guitarfishes.

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, Ho & 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Last . White . de Carvalho . Séret . Stehmann . Naylor . Rays of the World . 2016 . . 978-0-643-10914-8 .
2. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1 . 27395187.
3. Koeda, K. . Itou, M. . Yamada, M. . Motomura, H. . 2020 . Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801) . Ichthyological Research . 67 . 4 . 223–238 . 10.1007/s10228-020-00777-z. 224917810 .