Smalltooth stingray

The smalltooth stingray (Hypanus 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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Hypanus
Species:
H. rudis
Binomial name
Hypanus rudis
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Dasyatis rudis (Günther, 1870)
  • Trygon rudis Günther, 1870

References

  1. Jabado, R.W., De Bruyne, G., Derrick, D., Doherty, P., Diop, M., Leurs, G.H.L., Metcalfe, K., Porriños, G., Seidu, I., Tamo, A., VanderWright, W.J. & Williams, A.B. (2021). "Hypanus rudis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161620A124516434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161620A124516434.en. Retrieved 21 October 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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