| Rhynchobatus palpebratus | |
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| Conservation status | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Rhinidae |
| Genus: | Rhynchobatus |
| Species: | R. palpebratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 | |
Rhynchobatus palpebratus, the eyebrow wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family. It is found in coastal waters off northern Australia. It reaches up to 2.62 m (8.6 ft) in length and closely resemble the smoothnose wedgefish (R. laevis), which has denser white spotting, and also differ in distribution and genetics.
References
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Rhynchobatus palpebratus". FishBase.
- Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. (2008). A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo–West Pacific. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J., eds: Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 022, pp. 227–240.
- ^ Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 68–75. ISBN 9780643109148.
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