WoRMS taxon details
Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841
213640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213640)
accepted
Species
Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhinobatos schlegelli Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925 · unaccepted
Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213640 on 2026-09-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925) Fowler, H. W. (1925). Descriptions of three new marine fishes from the Natal coast. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(2): 195-200. [details]
original description (of Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Rhinobatos 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925) Fowler, H. W. (1925). Descriptions of three new marine fishes from the Natal coast. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 5(2): 195-200. [details]
original description (of Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Rhinobatos 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | サカタザメ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegelli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos schlegelii FIN032886 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus formosensis Norman, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegelli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Rhinobatos schlegeli Müller & Henle, 1841)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos formosensis USNM 423577 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos schlegelii FIN032886 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
