Wedgefishes are
rays
Ray may refer to:
Fish
* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea
* Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin
Science and mathematics
* Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point
* Ray (gra ...
of the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Rhinidae, comprising eleven
species
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in three
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
.
Classified in the
order
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Rhinopristiformes
Rhinopristiformes is an order of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks, containing shovelnose rays and allied groups.
Families
* Family Glaucostegidae (giant guitarfishes)
* Family Pristidae (sawfishes)
* Family Rhinidae (wedgefishes)
* ...
along with
guitarfish
The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays. The guitarfish are known for an elongated body with a flattened head and trunk and small, ray-like wings. The combined range of the various species is tro ...
es and
sawfish
Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw. They are among the largest fish ...
es, they have also been known as giant guitarfishes or sharkfin guitarfishes.
Taxonomy
* ''Rhina''
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
** ''
Rhina ancylostoma''
Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Shark ray)
* ''
Rhynchobatus''
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
** ''
Rhynchobatus australiae
''Rhynchobatus australiae'', also called the white-spotted guitarfish, white-spotted wedgefish or bottlenose wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family. It is found from shallow waters to a depth of at least in the Indo-Pacific, ran ...
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Whitley, 1939 (Bottlenose wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus cooki''
Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016 (Roughnose wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus djiddensis
The giant guitarfish (''Rhynchobatus djiddensis''), also known as the whitespotted wedgefish, is a large species of guitarfish in the family Rhinidae. It is restricted to the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and western Indian Ocean, but was formerly ...
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(Forsskål, 1775) (Whitespotted wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus immaculatus''
Last, Ho & Chen, 2013 (Taiwanese wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus laevis''
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Smoothnose wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus luebberti''
Ehrenbaum, 1915 (African wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus mononoke''
Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura, 2020 (Japanese wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus palpebratus''
Compagno & Last, 2008 (Eyebrow wedgefish)
** ''
Rhynchobatus springeri
The broadnose wedgefish (''Rhynchobatus springeri'') is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family. It is found in coastal and estuarine habitats in southeast Asia, where documented from Java, Borneo, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand.C ...
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Compagno & Last, 2010 (Broadnose wedgefish)
* ''Rhynchorhina''
Séret & Naylor, 2016
** ''
Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis''
Séret & Naylor, 2016 (False shark ray)
References
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Rhinopristiformes
Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle