Smalltooth stingray
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]
| Smalltooth stingray | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Dasyatis |
| Species: | D. rudis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyatis rudis (Günther, 1870) | |
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References
- Séret, B.; Couzens, G. & Valenti, S.V. (2016). "Hypanus rudis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T161620A104133548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T161620A104133548.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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