Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2226

* Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931

Irvine name. Rhinobatus irvinei Norman.

Reference material. Prampram (Irvine 87)— BMNH 1930.8 .26.3 (H  : 573 mm TL, male); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 178)— BMNH 1934.10 .12.1 (one female: 674 mm TL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 271) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).

Described by Norman (1931: 352, figure 1) on the basis of Irvine’s material, again using -us for the generic ending.