Rhynchobatus australiae

Rhynchobatus australiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhynchobatidae
Genus: Rhynchobatus
Species: R. australiae
Binomial name
Rhynchobatus australiae
Whitley, 1939

Rhynchobatus australiae, also called the white-spotted guitarfish or white-spotted wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhynchobatidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas. It is part of a species complex that also includes the giant guitarfish, the broadnose wedgefish and possibly the smoothnose wedgefish.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.