Biology:Smalltooth stingray

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Smalltooth stingray
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species:
D. rudis
Binomial name
Dasyatis rudis
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Trygon rudis Günther, 1870

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. 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