Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Ebert, David A., White, William T., Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Last, Peter R., Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Séret, Bernard, Straube, Nicolas, Naylor, Gavin J. P. & De Carvalho, Marcelo R., 2013, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan, Zootaxa 3752 (1), pp. 279-386 : 346

Genus Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Bowmouth Guitarfish / ầĀḍé

Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 352 . Type designation by indication under ICZN Opinion 6. On official list; Rhina Schaeffer, 1760 , Rhina Walbaum, 1792 , and Rhina Rafinesque, 1810a placed on Official Index (Opinion 345). Valid as Rhina Bloch & Schneider, 1801 .

Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Bowmouth Guitarfish / ÕŊầĀḍ

Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 352 , pl. 72. No type specimens. Lectotype: ZMB (lost), Paralectotypes, ZMB 4621 (1, dry, lost), Coromandel , India.

Local synonymy: Ramphobatis ancylostomus: Nakamura, 1936: 46 (1 specimen 617 mm TL). Rhina ancylostoma: Teng, 1959f: 2 (TFRI 40, 483 mm TL, Keelung); Teng, 1962:195, fig. 51; Chen & Chung, 1971: 11, fig. 8 (THUP 1021, 2 spec., 504-514 mm TL, Penghu); Shen, 1984a: 71, fig. (NTUM 4308, Keelung); Chen & Yu, 1986:146; Shen, 1988: 24; Chen & Yu, 1986: 146; Chen & Joung, 1993: 71, fig. 9.5; Chen, 2004: 23 (TFRI PB 8107221, 1401 mm TL, Penghu); Shao et al., 2008: 237; Shen & Wu, 2011: 93, fig.

Taiwan voucher material: (6 spec.) ASIZP 57499, 570 mm TL, Nan-fang-ao, 25 Sep. 1995 ; ASIZP 69357 , 1110 mm TL, Da-xi, 10 Mar 2008 ; FRIP 23718 , 1380 mm TL, Cheng-gong, 26 Jun 2012 ; FRIP 22102 , 1560 mm TL, Cheng-gong, 9 Nov. 2006 ; NMMB-P 4306 , Penghu, 17 Jul 1960 ; NMMB-P 6581 , Penghu, 11 Nov. 1960 .

Remarks: This species was not uncommon at fish markets around Taiwan during a survey conducted in April to May 1988 by DAE. Several specimens, including juveniles and adults, were observed at the Su-Ao and Keelung fish markets.

Conservation status: Vulnerable.