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Species profile—Hexatrygon bickelli (sixgill stingray)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingrays) → Hexatrygon bickelli (sixgill stingray)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingrays)
Scientific name
Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith, 1980
Common name
sixgill stingray
Type reference
Heemstra, P.C. and Smith, M.M. (1980). Hexatrygonidae, a new family of stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Batoidea) from South Africa, with comments on the classification of batoid fishes. Ichthyol. Bull. J. L. B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 1-17.
WildNet taxon ID
22644
Synonym(s)
Hexatrygon sp. A
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22644.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024