Hexatrygon bickelli : Heemstra & Smith 1980
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Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980
Sixgill Stingray
Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980: 6, figs 1–13, 15. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 997, washed up on beach at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, ca. 33°59.5'S, 25°40.7'E.
Local synonymy: Hexatrygon bickelli: Heemstra & Smith, 1980: 6, figs 1–13, 15; Smith & Heemstra, 1986b: 142, fig. 31.1; Compagno et al., 1989: 100, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 117; Ebert, 2014: 88, fig. 136; Ebert, 2015: 191, fig. 216; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Séret & de Carvalho, 2016: 510, fig. 23.1; Weigmann, 2016: 989.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 997, SAIAB 27054.
South African distribution: Port Elizabeth (EC) and possibly the west coast (WC).
Remarks: The type specimen for this remarkable species was a female that washed up on Summerstrand Beach, Port Elizabeth (EC). The pregnant female gave birth to three near-term embryos that were also retained as part of the type series.
Conservation status: LC (2015).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SAIAB, RUSI
- Scientific name authorship
- : Heemstra & Smith
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Hexatrygonidae
- Genus
- Hexatrygon
- Species
- bickelli
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra, 1980 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Heemstra, P. C. & Smith, M. M. (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.
- Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (1986 b) Family Hexatrygonidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 142 - 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 642 - 82858 - 4
- Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406
- Ebert D. A. (2014) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 2. Batoids and chimaeras. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome, 129 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the " Lost Sharks " of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730
- Carvalho, M. R. de & Seret, B. (2016) Order Torpediniformes. Torpedinidae In: Carpenter, K. E. & De Angelis, N. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bivalves, Gastropods, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1370 - 1378.
- Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874