''Rhynchobatus palpebratus'', the eyebrow 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
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.
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family.
[Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. (2008). ''A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo–West Pacific.'' In: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J., eds: Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 022, pp. 227–240.] It is found in coastal waters off northern Australia.
It reaches up to in length and closely resemble the
smoothnose wedgefish (''R. laevis''), which has denser white spotting, and also differ in distribution and
genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...
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Fishes of Australia : ''Rhynchobatus palpebratus''
eyebrow wedgefish
Marine fish of Northern Australia
Taxa named by Leonard Compagno
Taxa named by Peter R. Last
eyebrow wedgefish
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