Rhinoptera is a genus of ray commonly known as the cownose rays.[2] This genus is the only member of the family Rhinopteridae.
| Rhinoptera Temporal range:
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| Rhinoptera steindachneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Suborder: | Myliobatoidei |
| Superfamily: | Dasyatoidea |
| Family: | Rhinopteridae D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Genus: | Rhinoptera van Hasselt, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817
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Species edit
There are currently 8 recognized extant (living) species in this genus:[2]
- Rhinoptera adspersa J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (rough cownose ray)
- Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill, 1815) (cownose ray)
- Rhinoptera brasiliensis J. P. Müller, 1836 (Brazilian cownose ray)
- Rhinoptera javanica J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (flapnose ray)
- Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895 (Oman cownose ray)
- Rhinoptera marginata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Lusitanian cownose ray)
- Rhinoptera neglecta J. D. Ogilby, 1912 (Australian cownose ray)
- Rhinoptera steindachneri Evermann & O. P. Jenkins, 1891 (Pacific cownose ray)
There are several other extinct species that only are known from fossil remains:
- †Rhinoptera prisca Woodward, 1907
- †Rhinoptera rasilis Böhm, 1926
- †Rhinoptera raeburni White, 1934
- †Rhinoptera schultzi Hiden, 1995
- †Rhinoptera sherborni White, 1926
- †Rhinoptera smithii Jordan & Beal, 1913
- †Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz, 1843
- †Rhinoptera woodwardi Agassiz, 1843
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Rhinoptera in FishBase. April 2015 version.
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