Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith, 1980
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Genus Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith, 1980 View in CoL View at ENA
Sixgill Stingray / ÁẪẽé
Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith, 1980: 1 View in CoL . Type by original designation (also monotypic).
Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980 View in CoL
Sixgill Stingray / DzkÁẪẽ
Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980: 6 View in CoL , figs 1–13, 15. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 997, juvenile or nearadolescent female 1030 mm TL, 500 mm DW, washed up on beach at Port Elizabeth GoogleMaps , South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, ca. 33°59.5' S, 25°40.7' E.
Local synonymy: Hexatrygon yangi: Shen & Liu, 1984: 201 View in CoL , figs 1–11 (NTUM 6100, holotype, 1040 mm TL); Chen & Yu, 1986: 165; Chen & Joung, 1993: 82, pl. 11.9; Shen & Wu, 2011: 100, fig. Hexatrygon brevirostra: Shen, 1986a: 106 View in CoL , figs. 1–3 (NTUM 6597, 621.4 mm TL); Chen & Joung, 1993: 81, pl. 11.7; Shen & Wu, 2011: 99, fig. Hexatrygon taiwanensis: Shen, 1986b: 175 View in CoL , figs. 1–5 (NTUM 6505, 582 mm TL); Chen & Joung, 1993: 81, pl. 11.8; Shen & Wu, 2011: 99, fig. Hexatrygon bickelli: Shao et al., 2008: 237 View in CoL ; Ho & Shao, 2011: 20.
Taiwan voucher material: (8 spec.) CAS 235428 About CAS , juvenile female 958 mm TL, Da-xi, 22 May 2005 ; CSIRO H 6292-19 View Materials , juvenile male 716 mm TL, Da-xi, 21 May 2005 ; UF 158752, juvenile male 546 mm TL, Da-xi, 25 May 2005 ; NMMB-P HO-243 , female 1176 mm TL, Dong-gang, 19 Mar 2012 .
Remarks: The ontogenetic changes and variations of snout length and shape with growth in this species caused the description of several species, but all are now considered as synonymous of H. bickelii .
Conservation status: Least Concern.
Chen, J. T. - F. & Yu, M. - J. (1986) A synopsis of the vertebrates of Taiwan. Vol. 1. Taiwan Commercial Press, Tapei, 442 pp.
Chen, C. - T. & Joung, S. - J. (1993) Chondrichthyes. In: Shen, S. - C., Lee, S. - C., Shao, K. - T., Mok, H. - K., Chen, C. - T. & Chen, C. - H. (Eds.), Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, pp. 1 - 960.
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.
Ho, H. - C. & Shao, K. - T. (2011) Annotated checklist and type catalogue of fish genera and species described from Taiwan. Zootaxa, 2957, 1 - 74.
Shao, K. - T., Ho, H. - C., Lin, P. - L., Lee, P. - F., Lee, M. - Y., Tsai, C. - Y., Liao, Y. - C., Lin, Y. - C., Chen, J. - P. & Yeh, H. - M. (2008) A checklist of the fishes of southern Taiwan, northern South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement, 19, 233 - 271.
Shen, S. - C. & Liu, C. - S. (1984) A new stingray of the genus Hexatrygon from Taiwan. Acta Oceanographia Taiwanica, 15, 201 - 206.
Shen, S. - C. (1986 a) A new species Hexatrygon brevirostra and a new record Anacanthobatis borneensis (Rajiformes) from Taiwan. Journal of Taiwan Museum, 39 (2), 105 - 110.
Shen, S. - C. (1986 b) A new species of stingray Hexatrygon taiwanensis from Taiwan Strait. Journal of Taiwan Museum, 39, 175 - 179.
Shen, S. - C. & Wu, K. - Y. (2011) Fishes of Taiwan. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung. 896 pp.
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Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology and Paleobotany |
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Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith, 1980
| Ebert, David A., White, William T., Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Last, Peter R., Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Séret, Bernard, Straube, Nicolas, Naylor, Gavin J. P. & De Carvalho, Marcelo R. 2013 |
Hexatrygon
| Heemstra, P. C. & Smith, M. M. 1980: 1 |
Hexatrygon bickelli
| Heemstra, P. C. & Smith, M. M. 1980: 6 |