Acroteriobatus ocellatus

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Subfamilia: Rhinobatinae
Genus: Acroteriobatus
Species: Acroteriobatus ocellatus

Name

Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman, 1926)

Type locality: Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa.

Etymology: ocellatus (= having little eyes), referring to numerous blue-gray eyespots, or ocelli, on back. (From The ETYFish project)

Rhinobatus ocellatus Norman, 1926
- Rhinobatos ocellatus Norman, 1926 -- Compagno, 1986

Norman, J.R. 1926. A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926(4): 941–982. Reference page.

Acroteriobatus ocellatus in Catalog of Fishes,
Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2020. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Acroteriobatus ocellatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2020. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2019.

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