Pseudobatos

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Pseudobatos
Species: P. glaucostigmus – P. horkelii – P. lentiginosus – P. leucorhynchus – P. percellens – P. planiceps – P. prahli – P. productus
Name

Pseudobatos Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016: 470

Type species: Rhinobatus glaucostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1883, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page.

Pseudobatos is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.[1] Although its constituent species were previously assigned to Rhinobatos, recent authors treat it as distinct.[2][3]

They are found in warmer coastal parts of the Americas, ranging from northern Chile to California (USA) on the Pacific side, and from northeastern Argentina to North Carolina (USA) on the Atlantic side. They are brownish or grayish above, and reach up to 70–170 cm (2.3–5.6 ft) depending on the exact species.[3]
Species

There are nine currently recognized species in this genus:

Pseudobatos buthi K.M. Rutledge, 2019 (spadenose guitarfish) [4]
Pseudobatos glaucostigmus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (speckled guitarfish)
Pseudobatos horkelii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Brazilian guitarfish)
Pseudobatos lentiginosus (Garman, 1880) (Atlantic guitarfish)
Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (Günther, 1867) (whitesnout guitarfish)
Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792) (Chola guitarfish)
Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Pacific guitarfish)
Pseudobatos prahli (Acero P & Franke, 1995) (Gorgona guitarfish)
Pseudobatos productus (Ayres, 1854) (shovelnose guitarfish)

References

Wilga, C.D.; Motta, P.J. (1998). "Feeding mechanism of the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus: Modulation of kinematic and motor activity". Journal of Experimental Biology. 201 (23): 3167–3184. doi:10.1242/jeb.201.23.3167. PMID 9808831.
Last, P.R.; Séret, B.; Naylor, G.J.P. (2016). "A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea)". Zootaxa. 4117 (4): 451–475. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. PMID 27395187.
Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 87–94. ISBN 978-0-643-10914-8.
Rutledge, Kelsi M. (2019-08-01). "A New Guitarfish of the Genus Pseudobatos (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) with Key to the Guitarfishes of the Gulf of California". Copeia. 107 (3): 451–463. doi:10.1643/CI-18-166. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 202846749.