Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Rhinopteridae > Genus Rhinoptera

Rhinoptera marginata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhinoptera*	Cuvier, 1829	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Myliobatis marginata*	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Lusitanian cownose ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: gewöhnlicher Kuhnasenrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ριναετόψαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אברתן רחב שן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: viduržemio jūros jaučiasnukė raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: средиземноморский бычерыл sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: cicuna; çiçuna; inek burunlu vatoz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Скат-биконіс середземноморський

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Rhinoptera marginata, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhinoptera marginata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105862