WoRMS taxon details
Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall, 1987
213641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213641)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Compagno, L. J. V.; Randall, J. E. (1987). Rhinobatos punctifer, a new species of guitarfish (Rhinobatiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Red Sea, with notes on the Red Sea batoid fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 44 (no. 14): 335-342. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213641 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Compagno, L. J. V.; Randall, J. E. (1987). Rhinobatos punctifer, a new species of guitarfish (Rhinobatiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Red Sea, with notes on the Red Sea batoid fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4).</em> v. 44 (no. 14): 335-342. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted guitarfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinobatos punctifer)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos punctifer FIN032882 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos punctifer FIN032883 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhinobatos punctifer)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos punctifer FIN032882 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhinobatos punctifer FIN032883 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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