Rhachinotus Cantor 1849 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Ellipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hemitrygon, Hypolophites, Hypolophus, Neotrygon, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Pastinachus, Pteroplatytrygon, Sporetodus, Taeniura, Taeniurops, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymnus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhachinotus in the database

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