Trygonorrhinidae
Sign in to saveTrygonorrhinidae, the banjo rays, is a family of rays, comprising eight species in three genera. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae.
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRhinopristiformes
- FamilyTrygonorrhinidae
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Trygonorrhinidae, the banjo rays, is a family of rays, comprising eight species in three genera. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae.
==Taxonomy== Aptychotrema Norman, 1926 Aptychotrema rostrata Shaw, 1794 (Eastern shovelnose ray) Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004 (Spotted shovelnose ray) Aptychotrema vincentiana Haacke, 1885 (Western shovelnose ray) Trygonorrhina J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873) (Southern fiddler ray) Trygonorrhina fasciata J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Eastern fiddler ray) Zapteryx D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 Zapteryx brevirostris J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Shortnose guitarfish) Zapteryx exasperata D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Banded guitarfish) Zapteryx xyster D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Southern banded guitarfish)