Talk:Rhinobatiformes

Taxonomy help wanted
There seems to be some confusion here. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica calls guitarfish a synonym of Rhinobatiformes [here], and Rhinobatidae a family within Rhinobatiformes. On Wikipedia, we have guitarfish as a synonym of Rhinobatidae, and that within the order Myliobatiformes. Which of these is correct? Also, Guitarfish, Banjo shark and Fiddler ray should all redirect to the same place (whichever one it is). Soo 17:01, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, our classification of rays seems to be in a bit of a mess. This is the result of trying to work out a taxonomy without sticking to a particular source. According to WikiProject Fishes, we should be following FishBase taxonomy and explaining other taxonomies in the article. FishBase places Rhinobatidae and Myliobatidae in the order Rajiformes. I will fix the article accordingly. Gdr 17:25:24, 2005-08-15 (UTC)