Rhinoptera is a genus of ray commonly known as the cownose rays. This genus is the only member of the family Rhinopteridae.
There are currently 8 recognized extant (living) species in this genus:
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Rhinoptera adspersa J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (rough cownose ray) | Indo-West Pacific off India, Malaysia, and the East Indies. | |
| Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill, 1815) (cownose ray) | western Atlantic and Caribbean, from New England to southern Brazil | |
| Rhinoptera brasiliensis J. P. Müller, 1836 (Brazilian cownose ray) | southern tip of Brazil to western Florida. | |
| Rhinoptera javanica J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (flapnose ray) | Indo-Pacific off China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam and possibly Australia | |
| Rhinoptera jayakari Boulenger, 1895 (Oman cownose ray) | from South Africa to the Philippines; north to Ryukyu Is. and south to eastern Indonesia. | |
| Rhinoptera marginata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Lusitanian cownose ray) | ||
| Rhinoptera neglecta J. D. Ogilby, 1912 (Australian cownose ray) | Western Pacific Ocean from Queensland to New South Wales in Australia. | |
| Rhinoptera steindachneri Evermann & O. P. Jenkins, 1891 (Pacific cownose ray) | East Pacific along the coast of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. | |
There are several other extinct species that only are known from fossil remains: