WoRMS taxon details
Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926
271595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271595)
accepted
Species
Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Norman, J. R. (1926). A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1926 (pt 4): 941-982., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb02228.x [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271595 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Norman, J. R. (1926). A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1926 (pt 4): 941-982., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb02228.x [details]
original description (of Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926) Norman, J. R. (1926). A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1926 (pt 4): 941-982., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb02228.x [details]
original description (of Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926) Norman, J. R. (1926). A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1926 (pt 4): 941-982., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb02228.x [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS