Hexatrygon bickelli

Hexatrygon bickelli

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Plesiobatoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Myliobatiformes
Superfamilia: Plesiobatoidea

Familia: Hexatrygonidae
Genus: Hexatrygon
Species: Hexatrygon bickelli

Name

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Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980

Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 997.

Type locality: Beach at Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Synonyms

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  • Hexatrematobatis longirostrum Chu & Meng, 1981
  • Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980
  • Hexatrygon brevirostra Shen, 1986
  • Hexatrygon longirostra (Chu & Meng, 1981)
  • Hexatrygon taiwanensis Shen, 1986
  • Hexatrygon yangi Shen & Liu, 1984

References

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  • Heemstra, P.C. & M.M. Smith 1980: Hexatrygonidae, a new family of stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Batoidea) from South Africa, with comments on the classification of batoid fishes. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 43: 1–17.
  • Babu, S., S. Ramachandran & C. Varghese, 2011: On a new record of sixgill sting ray Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra and Smith, 1980 from south-west coast of India., Indian Journal of Fisheries., 58(2): 137–139.
  • Hexatrygon bickelli in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

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English: Sixgill Stingray