A DNA sequence-based identification checklist for Taiwanese chondrichthyans Author Straube, Nicolas Author White, William T. Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching Author Rochel, Elisabeth Author Corrigan, Shannon Author Li, Chenhong Author Naylor, Gavin J. P. text Zootaxa 2013 3752 1 256 278 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.16 0486185a-4e5f-4536-8486-78389f2699d7 1175-5326 285357 5CC7B1D8-3538-4218-997C-254FAFEA27E5 Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841 Type locality: Japan Four samples were analysed in total, two of which were preliminary identified as R. formosensis Norman 1926 , two as R. schlegelii . After further morphological investigation, all samples were referred to as R. schlegelii . All samples cluster together (Supplementary Material 1). The status of R. formosensis and R. schlegelii are currently under revision, it is likely that R. formosensis is a junior synonym of Rhinobatos schlegelii . The clade forms a distinct lineage sister to R. hynnicephalus (Supplementary Material 1). It is worth noting that specimens in this cluster were also clearly distinct from the R. cf. schlegelii (GN4326) specimen from the Philippines , and thus is not conspecific with this currently unresolved species.