An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea Author White, William T. Author Ko’Ou, Alfred text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-19 4411 1 1 82 journal article 30231 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341 1175-5326 1221878 255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292 Genus Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829 Cownose Rays Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829 : 401 . Type species Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817 , by subsequent designation; type designated by Bonaparte, 1838 : 6 (of separate), also by Hay, 1902 : 321 . Appeared first as Rhenoptera van Hasselt, 1823: 318 and Rhinoptera van Hasselt, 1824: 90 , regarded as nomina nuda . Cuvier's "Les Rhinoptera Kuhl " evidently sufficient to Latinise; two included species.