Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinidae Wedgefishes

Genus: Rhynchobatus

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)
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Photo by Murch, A.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939

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Rhynchobatus australiae
[Bottlenose wedgefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 81 cm TL
 
Rhynchobatus cooki
[Clown wedgefish]

Photo by Modder, T.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 310 cm TL
Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775)

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Rhynchobatus djiddensis
[Giant guitarfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 99 cm TL
 
Rhynchobatus immaculatus
[Taiwanese Wedgefish]

Photo by Krajangdara, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 270 cm TL
Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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Rhynchobatus laevis
[Smoothnose wedgefish]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum, 1915

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Rhynchobatus luebberti
[African wedgefish]
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Max. Length 200 cm TL
 
Rhynchobatus mononoke
[Japanese wedgefish]

Photo by Devarapalli, P.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 262 cm TL
Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008

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Rhynchobatus palpebratus
[Eyebrow wedgefish]

Photo by Krajangdara, T. & S. Boonsuk

Indo-Malay
Max. Length 215 cm TL
Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010

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Rhynchobatus springeri
[Broadnose wedgefish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Rhynchobatus australiae Bottlenose wedgefish Indo-West Pacific 300 TL 1939
Rhynchobatus cooki Clown wedgefish Western Pacific 81 TL 2016
Rhynchobatus djiddensis Giant guitarfish Western Indian Ocean 310 TL 1775
Rhynchobatus immaculatus Taiwanese Wedgefish Northwest Pacific 99 TL 2013
Rhynchobatus laevis Smoothnose wedgefish Indo-West Pacific 270 TL 1801
Rhynchobatus luebberti African wedgefish Eastern Atlantic 300 TL 1915
Rhynchobatus mononoke Japanese wedgefish Northwest Pacific 200 TL 2020
Rhynchobatus palpebratus Eyebrow wedgefish Indo-West Pacific 262 TL 2008
Rhynchobatus springeri Broadnose wedgefish Indo-Malay 215 TL 2010



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