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| taxon = Rhinoptera
| taxon = Rhinoptera
| authority = [[Johan Coenraad van Hasselt|van Hasselt]], 1824
| authority = [[Johan Coenraad van Hasselt|van Hasselt]], 1824
| display_parents = 3
| type_species = ''[[Lusitanian cownose ray|Myliobatis marginata]]''
| type_species = ''[[Lusitanian cownose ray|Myliobatis marginata]]''
| type_species_authority = Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817
| type_species_authority = Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817
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==Species==
==Species==
There are currently 8 recognized extant (living) species in this genus:<ref name=fishbase/>
There are currently 8 recognized extant (living) species in this genus:<ref name=fishbase/>
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* ''[[Rhinoptera adspersa]]'' <small>[[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841</small> (Rough cownose ray)
! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution
* ''[[Rhinoptera bonasus]]'' <small>([[Samuel L. Mitchill|Mitchill]], 1815)</small> (Cownose ray)
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* ''[[Rhinoptera brasiliensis]]'' <small>[[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]], 1836</small> (Brazilian cownose ray)
* ''[[Rhinoptera javanica]]'' <small>[[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841</small> (Flapnose ray)
| || ''[[Rhinoptera adspersa]]'' <small>[[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841</small> (rough cownose ray)|| Indo-West Pacific off India, Malaysia, and the East Indies.
|-
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* ''[[Rhinoptera jayakari]]'' <small>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1895</small> (Oman cownose ray)
* ''[[Rhinoptera marginata]]'' <small>([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], 1817)</small> (Lusitanian cownose ray)
|[[File:Cownose ray (7734401224).jpg|180px]]|| ''[[Rhinoptera bonasus]]'' <small>([[Samuel L. Mitchill|Mitchill]], 1815)</small> (cownose ray)||western Atlantic and Caribbean, from New England to southern Brazil
|-
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* ''[[Rhinoptera neglecta]]'' <small>[[James Douglas Ogilby|J. D. Ogilby]], 1912</small> (Australian cownose ray)
* ''[[Rhinoptera steindachneri]]'' <small>[[Barton Warren Evermann|Evermann]] & [[Oliver Peebles Jenkins|O. P. Jenkins]], 1891</small> (Pacific cownose ray)
|[[File:Rhinoptera brasiliensis 2.jpg|180px]]|| ''[[Rhinoptera brasiliensis]]'' <small>J. P. Müller, 1836</small> (Brazilian cownose ray)|| southern tip of Brazil to western Florida.
|-
|[[File:Rhinoptera javanica (Müller & Henle, 1841).jpg|180px]]||''[[Rhinoptera javanica]]'' <small>J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841</small> (flapnose ray)|| Indo-Pacific off China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam and possibly Australia
|-
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|[[File:Orleń omański - Rhinoptera jayakari.jpg|180px]]|| ''[[Rhinoptera jayakari]]'' <small>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1895</small> (Oman cownose ray)||from South Africa to the Philippines; north to Ryukyu Is. and south to eastern Indonesia.
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|[[File:Rhinoptera marginata 2-transformed.png|180px]]|| ''[[Rhinoptera marginata]]'' <small>([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], 1817)</small> (Lusitanian cownose ray)||
|-
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|[[File:Rhinoptera neglecta.jpg|180px]]||''[[Rhinoptera neglecta]]'' <small>[[James Douglas Ogilby|J. D. Ogilby]], 1912</small> (Australian cownose ray)|| Western Pacific Ocean from Queensland to New South Wales in Australia.
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|[[File:Rhinoptera steindachneri galapagos.jpg|180px]]|| ''[[Rhinoptera steindachneri]]'' <small>[[Barton Warren Evermann|Evermann]] & [[Oliver Peebles Jenkins|O. P. Jenkins]], 1891</small> (Pacific cownose ray)|| East Pacific along the coast of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.
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There are several other [[extinct]] species that only are known from [[fossil]] remains:
There are several other [[extinct]] species that only are known from [[fossil]] remains:
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[[Category:Ray genera]]
[[Category:Ray genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johan Coenraad van Hasselt]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]


Latest revision as of 15:30, 2 November 2024

Rhinoptera
Temporal range: Thanetian–recent[1]
Rhinoptera steindachneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Clade: Batomorphi
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Rhinopteridae
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Genus: Rhinoptera
van Hasselt, 1824
Type species
Myliobatis marginata
Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817

Rhinoptera is a genus of ray commonly known as the cownose rays.[2] This genus is the only member of the family Rhinopteridae.

Species

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There are currently 8 recognized extant (living) species in this genus:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Rhinoptera adspersa J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (rough cownose ray) Indo-West Pacific off India, Malaysia, and the East Indies.
Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill, 1815) (cownose ray) western Atlantic and Caribbean, from New England to southern Brazil
Rhinoptera brasiliensis J. P. Müller, 1836 (Brazilian cownose ray) southern tip of Brazil to western Florida.
Rhinoptera javanica J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (flapnose ray) Indo-Pacific off China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam and possibly Australia
Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895 (Oman cownose ray) from South Africa to the Philippines; north to Ryukyu Is. and south to eastern Indonesia.
Rhinoptera marginata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Lusitanian cownose ray)
Rhinoptera neglecta J. D. Ogilby, 1912 (Australian cownose ray) Western Pacific Ocean from Queensland to New South Wales in Australia.
Rhinoptera steindachneri Evermann & O. P. Jenkins, 1891 (Pacific cownose ray) East Pacific along the coast of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.

There are several other extinct species that only are known from fossil remains:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rhinoptera". FishBase. April 2015 version.


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