Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 74

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4614887
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scientific name	Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
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Bowmouth Guitarfish

Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 352 , pl. 72. Lectotype: ZMB (lost), Paralectotype, ZMB 4621 View Materials (1, dry, lost). Type locality: Coromandel , India.

Local synonymy: Rhina ancylostomus: Smith, 1961a: 503 , fig. 59a; Compagno et al., 1989: 76, pl. Rhina ancylostoma: Wallace, 1967b: 14 , figs. 7–8; Compagno, 1986: 128, fig. 27.1; Compagno, 1999: 115; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 79; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Last et al., 2016b: 471; Last et al., 2016d: 67, fig. 9.1; Weigmann, 2016: 918.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 11134, SAIAB 25493.

South African distribution: KZN from Mzamba north to Mozambique border.

Remarks: Uncommon in KZN.

Conservation status: CR (2019).