Roughnose wedgefish
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinidae
Genus: Rhynchobatus
Species:
R. cooki
Binomial name
Rhynchobatus cooki
Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016
Synonyms

Rhynchobatus compagnoi Last & Kyne, 2016

The roughnose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus cooki) is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family. It is found in Indonesia (off Java) and Singapore. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, coral reefs, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss. Despite having been known for more than a decade, it remained undescribed until 2016.[3][4] This is a relatively small species, reaching up to 81 cm (2.66 ft) in length.[4] Adults are greenish-brown above; young have white spots.[5]

The fish is named in honor of Sidney F. Cook (1953-1997), a shark fisheries biologist, and a leader in shark conservation.[6]

Sources

  1. ^ Kyne, P.M.; Rigby, C.L.; Last, P.R. (2019). "Rhynchobatus cooki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60181A151858712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60181A151858712.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Last, P.R., Ho, H.-C. & Chen, R.-R. (2013). A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes, Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Pp. 185-198 in: de Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T., eds. Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752 (1): 1–386.
  4. ^ a b Last, Kyne & Compagno (2016). A new species of wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4139 (2): 233-247. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.7
  5. ^ Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 68–75. ISBN 9780643109148.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order RHINOPRISTIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.


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