Rhynchobatus palpebratus

Rhynchobatus palpebratus, the eyebrow wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family.[1][2] It is found in coastal waters off northern Australia.[3] It reaches up to 2.62 m (8.6 ft) in length and closely resemble the smoothnose wedgefish (R. laevis), which has denser white spotting, and also differ in distribution and genetics.[3]

Eyebrow wedgefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Rhinopristiformes
Family:
Rhinidae
Genus:
Rhynchobatus
Species:
R. palpebratus
Binomial name
Rhynchobatus palpebratus
Compagno & Last, 2008

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Rhynchobatus palpebratus" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
  2. Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. (2008). A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo–West Pacific. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J., eds: Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 022, pp. 227–240.
  3. Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 68–75. ISBN 9780643109148.


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