Scientific Name	Rhinobatos hynnicephalus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Richardson, 1846	Depth	20 - 80M
Chinese	斑紋琵琶鱝	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	琵琶鱝科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F047　Rhinobatidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	斑紋犁頭鰩
Max Length	62 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	犁頭琵琶鱝、飯匙鯊、魴仔、香匙(澎湖)、湯匙(澎湖)
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	West、PonFu
Habitats		Holotype Locality	China Seas; Canton, China
Synonyms	Rhinobatus hynnicephalus, Rhynchobatis hynnicephalus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)；楊鴻嘉圖鑑 (金)  Richardson, J. 1846 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 朱元鼎 編 1985 楊鴻嘉, 楊誠國 1990 Wenbin, Z. etc. 1993 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1995 楊鴻嘉, 張寶仁 1996
Specimen List	ASIZP0060260. ASIZP0072242. ASIZP0080565. ASIZP0080566. ASIZP0080567. ASIZP0804884. ASIZP0807493. ASIZP0807494. ASIZP0807495. ASIZP0914884. ASIZP0917493. ASIZP0917494. ASIZP0917495. NMMBP03331. NMMBP06483. NMMBP06484. NMMBP06485. NMMSTP00845. NTMP0645. NTUM00036Paratype.
Barcode	2011-01-15,張家豪,CO1,% 2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-07-15,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Ringstraked guitarfish; Angel fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Disc subtriangular longer than wide, Snout short, acuminate, blunted, 2.1 to 2.5 in disc length; rostral ridges rather broad, narrowly separated anteriorly, diverging little posteriorly. Eyes 4.6 to 4.9 in snout. Nostrils moderately long, oblique, 1.6 to 1.8 in mouth, anterior valve extending inwards to level of inner nostril edge or little beyond, not reaching the mouth. Spiracles smaller than eye, immediately behind eyes, a prominent fold on the margin. Mouth 2.8 to 3 in snout, somewhat arched in the middle. Two dorsals. First dorsal origin distance behind ventral base greater than interdorsal. Pectorals rather narrow. Ventrals close to the pectorals. Tail depressed, caudal small, subcaudal portion weak and without a lobe. Skin covered with minute denticles; series of very small blunt tubercles in median line of back. Specimen in formalin black brownish with blackish brown spots, sometimes forming oval or rounded rings on the back, whitish tinted with olive below. Dorsals and caudal uniform brown. Distribution:China, Japan, Taiwan.
habitats	Dwells near shore in sandy mud bottoms. Caught throughout the year in coastal waters of southern China. Feeds on small benthic animals. Ovoviviparous. Used as `kamaboko' material.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and southwest Korea to the China seas.
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