Trygonorrhinidae, the banjo rays, is a
family
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of
rays
Ray may refer to:
Fish
* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea
* Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin
Science and mathematics
* Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point
* Ray (gra ...
, comprising eight species in three genera. They were formerly classified in the family
Rhinobatidae.
Taxonomy
* ''
Aptychotrema''
Norman
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, 1926
** ''
Aptychotrema rostrata''
Shaw, 1794 (Eastern shovelnose ray)
** ''
Aptychotrema timorensis''
Last
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, 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)
References
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Rhinopristiformes
Cartilaginous fish families