Family Trygonorrhinidae - Banjo rays, Fiddler rays
Order : Rhinopristiformes Trygonorrhinidae
Class : Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase : Genera : 3 | Species : 8 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
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Remark : Distribution: bottom dwellers, rest on soft and hard substrates, seagrasses. Climate zone: temperate and tropical seas Habitat: all marine; primarily inshore on continental shelves to ca. 220 m depth Description: Small to large guitarfishes (with adults reaching 1.5 m TL) with a broad suboval (Trygonorrhina, Zapteryx) or wedge-shaped disc (Aptychotrema) and depressed trunk that is relatively narrow: snout very long and pointed or relatively short and broadly rounded; eyes and spiracles are small to medium-sized; spiracle with one well developed fold (Trygonorrhina) or single fold weak or absent (Aptychotrema, Zapteryx); nostrils is short and almost horizontal (rather than oblique); anterior nasal flaps are variably developed, long based, bilobed and inserted into internasal space beside innermost corner of posterior aperture or forming a nasal curtain (Trygonorrhina); mouth almost straight to strongly arched; skin with fine to very coarse denticles, with medium-sized to very large thorns in row along midline of body, usually with smaller patches near eyes and on shoulders; tail not especially robust, depressed, with well-developed lateral skin folds extending along its ventrolateral margin; folds are almost united on caudal-fin base immediately posterior to origin of ventral lobe of caudal fin; pelvic fins are short- to long-based, positioned laterally behind disc; dorsal fins 2 and well separated, first well to slightly behind rear tips of pelvic fins; small caudal fin , lacking an extended ventral lobe. Coloration often strong, with lines, bars, spots and blotches on dorsal surface; edges of cranium and rostral cartilage not sharply demarcated with snout; the ventral surface mainly white, black blotches are sometimes present on snout and posterior disc (Ref. 108568). Reproduction: Viviparous (aplacental) giving large litters of up to 18 pups. Diet: Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and fishes. Fishery: not routinely caught for the fin trade, the flesh of some species are of good quality; usually caught as bycatchof trawl and set-net.
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Main Ref. : Last, P.R., W.T. White, M.R. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor 2016
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Species/Synonymy list for the family Trygonorrhinidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841
acceptedseniororiginal
Trygonorrhina sp. A Not applicable
synonymotherother
! Trygonorhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841
synonymseniororiginal
Trygonorhina guaneria (non Whitley, 1932)
misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
Trygonorrhina guaneria (non Whitley, 1932)
misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
! Trygonorhina guanerius (non Whitley, 1932)
misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
! Trygonorrhina guanerius (non Whitley, 1932)
misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873)
acceptedseniornew
Rhinobatus dumerilii Castelnau, 1873
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniorchange in species
synonymjuniorchange in rank
synonymjuniororiginal
Trygonorrhina fasciata (non Müller & Henle, 1841)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
Platyrhina exasperata Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller & Henle, 1841)
acceptedseniornew
! Rhinobatus brevirostris Müller & Henle, 1841
synonymseniororiginal
Rhinobatos brevirostris Müller & Henle, 1841
synonymseniororiginal
Syrrhina brevirostris (Müller & Henle, 1841)
synonymseniornew
Zapteryx xyster Jordan & Evermann, 1896
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Raja rostrata Shaw, 1794
synonymseniororiginal
Rhinobatus bougainvillii Müller & Henle, 1841
synonymjuniororiginal
Aptychotrema bougainvillii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
synonymjuniornew
Aptychotrema banksii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
synonymjuniornew
Rhinobatus banksii Müller & Henle, 1841
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Aptychotrema sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Aptychotrema sp. 2 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Aptychotrema sp. A Not applicable
synonymotherother
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