Rhinidae
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Wedgefishes are rays of the family Rhinidae, comprising eleven species in three genera. Classified in the order Rhinopristiformes along with guitarfishes and sawfishes, they have also been known as giant guitarfishes or sharkfin guitarfishes.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRhinopristiformes
- FamilyRhinidae
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Wedgefishes are rays of the family Rhinidae, comprising eleven species in three genera. Classified in the order Rhinopristiformes along with guitarfishes and sawfishes, they have also been known as giant guitarfishes or sharkfin guitarfishes.
==Taxonomy== Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Shark ray) Rhynchobatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 (Bottlenose wedgefish) Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016 (Roughnose wedgefish) Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (Whitespotted wedgefish) Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, H.-C.Ho & R.-R. Chen, 2013 (Taiwanese wedgefish) Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Smoothnose wedgefish) Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum, 1915 (African wedgefish) Rhynchobatus mononoke Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura, 2020 (Japanese wedgefish) Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 (Eyebrow wedgefish) Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010 (Broadnose wedgefish) Rhynchorhina Séret & Naylor, 2016 Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis Séret & Naylor, 2016 (False shark ray)