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Platyrhina Müller & Henle 1838 etymology not explained, possibly platýs (Gr. πλατύς), wide or flat, referring to broad, rounded snout and/or depressed body shape of P. sinensis; Rhina, previous genus (see Rhina, Rhinidae) of P. sinensis, the two genera then placed in the same family

Platyrhina hyugaensis Iwatsuki, Zhang & Nakaya 2011 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hyuga Nada Sea (southern Japan), where the authors believe this species is endemic and common

Platyrhina psomadakisi White & Last 2016 in honor of Italian ichthyologist Peter N. Psomadakis, Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations (Rome), “whose efforts to obtain valuable specimens of sharks and rays, as well as many teleosts, from a number of poorly sampled locations in the northern Indian Ocean have greatly improved our understanding of the biogeography of this complex region”

Platyrhina sinensis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), described in part from a specimen reportedly from China (Lacepède’s “La raie chinoise,” actually from Vietnam)

Platyrhina tangi Iwatsuki, Zhang & Nakaya 2011 in honor of Chinese ichthyologist D.-S. Tang, Amoy (now Xiamen) University (Xiamen, Fujian, China), whose P. limboonkengi 1933 the authors synonymized with P. sinensis

Platyrhinoidis Garman 1881 -oidis, from –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eídos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: similar to Platyrhina

Platyrhinoidis triseriata (Jordan & Gilbert 1880) tri-, from tres (L.), three; seriata (L.), in a row, referring to three rows of hook-like spines extending along back and tail