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Rhinobatos obtusus  (Müller and Henle, 1841)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 564462

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  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarão, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderRhinobatiformes  – guitarfishes  
                                  FamilyRhinobatidae Müller and Henle, 1837 – guitares de mer, guitarras, guitarfishes  
                                     GenusRhinobatos Linck, 1790 – guitarfishes  
                                        SpeciesRhinobatos obtusus (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Rhinobatos obtusus   
       

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