WoRMS taxon details
Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill, 1815)
158544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158544)
accepted
Species
Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Raja quadriloba Lesueur, 1817 · unaccepted
Rhinoptera affinis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Rhinoptera lalandii Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted
Rhinoptera quadriloba (Lesueur, 1817) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: southern New England to northern Florida (USA) and throughout the Gulf of Mexico, migrating to Trinidad,...
Distribution Western Atlantic: southern New England to northern Florida (USA) and throughout the Gulf of Mexico, migrating to Trinidad, Venezuela, and Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158544 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhinoptera affinis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Rhinoptera lalandii 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 Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Raja quadriloba Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). Description of three new species of the genus Raja. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 1, no. 3): 41-45. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Rhinoptera lalandii 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 Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Raja quadriloba Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). Description of three new species of the genus Raja. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 1, no. 3): 41-45. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: southern New England to northern Florida (USA) and throughout the Gulf of Mexico, migrating to Trinidad, Venezuela, and Brazil [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cownose ray | [details] |
| Spanish | gavilán cubanito | [details] |
| Welsh | morgath drwynbwl | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinoptera affinis Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinoptera lalandii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinoptera bonasus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinoptera affinis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinoptera lalandii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Raja quadriloba Lesueur, 1817)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 98 proteins) (from synonym Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinoptera affinis Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinoptera lalandii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinoptera bonasus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinoptera affinis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinoptera lalandii Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Raja quadriloba Lesueur, 1817)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 98 proteins) (from synonym Raja bonasus Mitchill, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
