Trygonorrhinidae, the banjo rays, is a family of rays, comprising eight species in three genera. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae.[1][2][3]
| Trygonorrhinidae | |
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| Eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Trygonorrhinidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 |
| Genera | |
Taxonomy
edit- Aptychotrema Norman, 1926
- Aptychotrema rostrata Shaw, 1794 (Eastern shovelnose ray)
- Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004 (Spotted shovelnose ray)
- Aptychotrema vincentiana Haacke, 1885 (Western shovelnose ray)
- Trygonorrhina J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
- Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873) (Southern fiddler ray)
- Trygonorrhina fasciata J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Eastern fiddler ray)
- Zapteryx D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880
- Zapteryx brevirostris J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Shortnose guitarfish)
- Zapteryx exasperata D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Banded guitarfish)
- Zapteryx xyster D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Southern banded guitarfish)
References
edit- ^ Last, P.; White, W.; de Carvalho, M.; Séret, B.; Stehmann, M.; Naylor, G.J.P., eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 117–126. ISBN 9780643109148.
- ^ Naylor, G.J.P.; Caira, J.N.; Jensen, K.; Rosana, K.A.M.; Straube, N.; Lakner, C. (2012). Carrier, J.C.; Musick, J.A.; Heithaus, M.R. (eds.). Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A Mitochondrial Estimate Based on 595 Species (2 ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. pp. 31–56.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ 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. PMID 27395187.
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