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Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931
Name authority
Norman, 1931
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Rhinopristiformes
Family
Rhinobatidae
Genus
Rhinobatos
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumChondrichthyes
  7. classElasmobranchii
  8. subclassNeoselachii
  9. infraclassBatoidea
  10. orderRhinopristiformes
  11. familyRhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835
  12. subfamilyRhinobatinae Bonaparte, 1835
  13. genusRhinobatos Linck, 1790
  14. speciesRhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rhinobatos. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rhinobatos albomaculatus Norman, 1930RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos borneensis Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Richardson, 1846RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last, White & Fahmi, 2006RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last, Compagno & Nakaya, 2004RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
common guitarfishRhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758)RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos austini Ebert & Gon, 2017RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos manai White, Last & Naylor, 2016RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos ranongensis Last, Séret & Naylor, 2019RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926RhinobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 33 records assigned to Rhinobatidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Rhinobatus irvinei Norman, 1931 Norman, 1931synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Norman, J. R. (1931). Four new fishes from the Gold Coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10), v. 7 (no. 40): 352–359. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933108673322 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4S7X2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.