Wedgefish

 ( Rhinopristiformes ) 

Wedgefishes are Batoidea of the family Rhinidae, comprising eleven species in three genera.

Classified in the order Rhinopristiformes along with and , they have also been known as giant guitarfishes or sharkfin guitarfishes.

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Taxonomy

• Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Shark ray)
• Rhynchobatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
• Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 (Bottlenose wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Leonard Compagno, 2016 (Roughnose wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (Whitespotted wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, Hsuan-Ching Ho & Ruo-Rong Chen, 2013 (Taiwanese wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Smoothnose wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus luebberti Ernst Ehrenbaum, 1915 (African wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus mononoke Keita Koeda, Masahide Itou, Morihiko Yamada & Motomura, 2020 (Japanese wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 (Eyebrow wedgefish)
• Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010 (Broadnose wedgefish)
• Rhynchorhina Séret & Gavin Naylor, 2016
• Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis Séret & Naylor, 2016 (False shark ray)

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