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Rhina (bowmouth guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Rhina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhinidae by Jordan (1963); and to Rajiformes by Underwood (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Rhina Jordan p. 602
2006Rhina Underwood p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
genusRhina

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhina [bowmouth guitarfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available