| Citation | Compagno, L.J.V. and P.R. Last, 2008, A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. Nov., (Rhynchobatoidei: Rynchobatidae), 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 no. 22. |
| Ref. | 76954 Compagno, L.J.V. and P.R. Last, 2008 |
| Page | 230 |
| Named Used as Valid | Rhynchobatus laevis |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Yenching, Wenchow, China. |
| Distribution | Zanzibar, the Arabian Sea, Oman, the Persian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and west to probably Indonesia, China, Japan and Australia. |
| Quote | Oossibly including R. yentinensis Wang, 1933; may be a species complex or chain of subspecies. |