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Rhynchobatus palpebratus

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ3280974 ↗
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Rhynchobatus palpebratus, the eyebrow wedgefish, is a species of fish in the family Rhinidae. It is found in coastal waters off northern Australia. It reaches up to 2.62 m (8.6 ft) in length and closely resembles the smoothnose wedgefish (R. laevis), which has denser white spotting, and also differs in distribution and genetics.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rhynchobatus palpebratus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.