Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Bowmouth Guitarfish

Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 352, pl. 72. Lectotype: ZMB (lost), Paralectotype, ZMB 4621 (1, dry, lost). Type locality: Coromandel, India.

Local synonymy: Rhina ancylostomus: Smith, 1961a: 503, fig. 59a; Compagno et al., 1989: 76, pl. Rhina ancylostoma: Wallace, 1967b: 14, figs. 7–8; Compagno, 1986: 128, fig. 27.1; Compagno, 1999: 115; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 79; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Last et al., 2016b: 471; Last et al., 2016d: 67, fig. 9.1; Weigmann, 2016: 918.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 11134, SAIAB 25493.

South African distribution: KZN from Mzamba north to Mozambique border.

Remarks: Uncommon in KZN.

Conservation status: CR (2019).