Acroteriobatus ocellatus

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Subfamilia: Rhinobatinae
Genus: Acroteriobatus
Species: Acroteriobatus ocellatus

Name

Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman, 1926)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1906.11.19.26.

Type locality: Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa.

Etymology: ocellatus (= having little eyes), referring to numerous blue-gray eyespots, or ocelli, on back. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus ocellatus Norman, 1926
  • Rhinobatos ocellatus Norman, 1926 -- Compagno, 1986

References

• Norman, J.R. 1926. A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926(4): 941–982. Reference page. 

Links

• Acroteriobatus ocellatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Acroteriobatus ocellatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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