''Rhynchobatus mononoke'', the Japanese wedgefish, is a species of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

in the family

Rhinidae 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. T ...

. It is found in southern Japan. This species reaches a length of .

References

mononoke ''Mononoke'' (物の怪) are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause ...

Fish of Japan Taxa named by Keita Koeda Taxa named by Masahide Itou Taxa named by Morihiko Yamada Taxa named by Hiroyuki Motomura Fish described in 2020 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Chondrichthyes-stub