Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829
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Genus Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829 View in CoL View at ENA
Pastinachus View in CoL (subgenus of Trigon ) Rüppell, 1829:51. Type Raja sephen Forsskål 1775 , by subsequent designation.
Hypolophus Müller and Henle, 1837:117 . Type Raja sephen Forsskål 1775 , by subsequent designation.
Definition. Dasyatid rays with the following combination of characters: robust, strongly rhomboidal disc; moderately elongate, broadbased tail; ventral cutaneous fold well developed, slender to very deep, length interspecifcally variable, its base 80–130% of disc width; dorsal cutaneous fold absent; dorsal surface uniform greyish, greyish brown or black, lacking a structured colour pattern; 1–3 enlarged thorns in nuchal area, no enlarged thorns anywhere else on disc or tail; broad, welldeveloped denticle band on middisc, developing before or soon after birth; denticles in band dense, typically broad based, stellate or irregular, with flat crowns; claspers pointed distally; internasal flap elongate, lobelike distally; jaws strongly asymmetric, with symphysial and medial arches in the upper jaw and a subtriangular, platelike lower jaw.
Remarks. A good summary of the nomenclature is provided by Eschmeyer’s (2005) Online Catalog of Fishes (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/ fishcatsearch.html, as at 10 July 2005).
Forsskal, P. (1775) Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. Descr. Animalium: 1 - 20 + i - xxxiv + 1 - 164, map.
Muller, J. & Henle, F. G. J. (1837) Ueber die Gattungen der Plagiostomen. Archiv Naturgeschichte, v. 3, 394 - 401, 434.
Ruppell, W. P. E. S. (1829) Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. Fische Rothen Meeres 1828 - 30. Part 2 (1829), 27 - 94, Pls. 7 - 24.
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Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829
Last, Peter R., Manjaji, B. Mabel & Yearsley, Gordon K. 2005 |
Hypolophus Müller and Henle, 1837 :117
Muller 1837: 117 |
Pastinachus
Ruppell 1829: 51 |
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