WoRMS taxon details
Rhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835
- Genus Pseudobatos Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016
- Subfamily Rhinobatinae Bonaparte, 1835
- Genus Acroteriobatus Giltay, 1928
- Genus Rhinobatos Linck, 1790
- Genus Tarsistes Jordan, 1919
- Genus Leiobatus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790
- Genus Rhinobates accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790 (misspelling)
- Genus Rhinobathos accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Rhinobatis accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790 (misspelling)
- Genus Rhinobatus accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790 (misspelling)
- Genus Rhynchobatis Philippi, 1857 accepted as Tarsistes Jordan, 1919 (synonym)
- Genus Rhyncobatis accepted as Rhynchobatis Philippi, 1857 accepted as Tarsistes Jordan, 1919 (misspelling)
- Genus Scobatus Whitley, 1939 accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790
- Genus Squatinoraja Nardo, 1824 accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790
- Genus Syrrhina Müller & Henle, 1841 accepted as Rhinobatos Linck, 1790
- Subfamily Platyrhininae Jordan, 1923 accepted as Platyrhinidae Jordan, 1923 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Rhininae Müller & Henle, 1841 accepted as Rhinidae Müller & Henle, 1841 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Rhynchobatinae Bleeker, 1865 accepted as Rhinidae Müller & Henle, 1841 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans mostly in tropical coastal waters. Body form intermediate between that of a shark and a...
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans mostly in tropical coastal waters. Body form intermediate between that of a shark and a skate. Also called shovelnose sharks. Numerous small, blunt teeth in jaws. Two large dorsal fins; caudal fin well developed. Denticles arranged in a row on dorsal midline. No spine in tail. They reach moderate to large size and are important commercial species in many coastal nations. Ovoviviparous. Feed on bottom organisms, including molluscs and crustaceans, but will also take small fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105712 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans mostly in tropical coastal waters. Body form intermediate between that of a shark and a skate. Also called shovelnose sharks. Numerous small, blunt teeth in jaws. Two large dorsal fins; caudal fin well developed. Denticles arranged in a row on dorsal midline. No spine in tail. They reach moderate to large size and are important commercial species in many coastal nations. Ovoviviparous. Feed on bottom organisms, including molluscs and crustaceans, but will also take small fishes. [details]
