Biology:Smalltooth stingray
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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish
| Smalltooth stingray | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Dasyatis |
| Species: | D. rudis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyatis rudis (Günther, 1870)
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The smalltooth stingray (Dasyatis rudis) is an obscure species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the Gulf of Guinea. It is known only from a stuffed specimen described by Albert Günther in 1870, which has since been lost. In 1970, Springer and Collette assigned a jaw, tail, and two embryos from off Sierra Leone to this species, but later investigation found that the jaw belonged to a guitarfish, and the tail and embryos to a different species, possibly Dasyatis hastata.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jabado, R.W., De Bruyne, G., Derrick, D., Doherty, P., Diop, M., Leurs, G.H.L., Metcalfe, K., Porriños, G., Seidu, I., Tamo, A., VanderWright, W.J. & Williams, A.B. (2021). "Hypanus rudis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2021: e.T161620A124516434. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161620/124516434. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q3016849 entry
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