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Zanobatus Garman 1913 zano, etymology not explained nor evident; batus, from bátos (Gr. βάτος) or batís (βατίς), a flat fish, usually applied to a skate or ray

Zanobatus maculatus Séret 2016 Latin for spotted, referring to its blotched color pattern

Zanobatus schoenleinii (Müller & Henle 1841) in honor of Henle’s friend and associate Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793–1864), German naturalist and professor of medicine, who supplied holotype from his anatomical museum in Berlin