Rhynchobatus palpebratus, the eyebrow wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family.[2][3] It is found in coastal waters off northern Australia.[4] 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.[4]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Rhinidae |
Genus: | Rhynchobatus |
Species: | R. palpebratus
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchobatus palpebratus |
References
edit- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Rhynchobatus palpebratus". FishBase.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 68–75. ISBN 9780643109148.
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