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Rhynchobatus mononoke
At the Kagoshima Aquarium
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rhinopristiformes
Family:	Rhinidae
Genus:	Rhynchobatus
Species:	R. mononoke
Binomial name
Rhynchobatus mononoke Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura, 2020

Rhynchobatus mononoke, the Japanese wedgefish, is a species of fish in the family Rhinidae. It is found in southern Japan.

This species reaches a length of 130 cm (51 in).

References

1. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
2. Koeda, Keita; Itou, Masahide; Yamada, Morihiko; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2020-09-20). "Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801)". Ichthyological Research. 68 (2): 223–238. doi:10.1007/s10228-020-00777-z. ISSN 1616-3915. S2CID 224917810.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhynchobatus mononoke". FishBase. February 2015 version.

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• Taxa named by Masahide Itou
• Taxa named by Morihiko Yamada
• Taxa named by Hiroyuki Motomura
• Fish described in 2020
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