Family HEXATRYGONIDAE

Hexatrygonidae

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Introduction

The family Hexatrygonidae was first described by Heemstra & Smith (1980) to include a single species of deepwater rays known only from the Atlantic and Indo-west Pacific, from the continental slope. Little is known of the family, which is distinctive in having six gill slits and flabby skin. The species is treated in Last & Stevens (1994, 2009), Compagno & Last (1999), Compagno (2005), Séret & Carvalho (2016) and White et al. (2017).

General References

Compagno, L.J.V., Last, P.R., Stevens, J.D. & Alava, M.N.R. 2005. Checklist of Philippine Chondrichthys. CSIRO Marine Laboratory. Report 243: 1-103

Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Hexatrygonidae. pp. 1477-2478 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.

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, Grahamstown 43: 1-17

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.

Séret , B. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2016. Sixgill Stingrays. Family Hexatrygonidae. pp. 509-510 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 790 pp.

White, W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J. & Mana, R.R. 2017. Sharks and Rays of Papua New Guinea. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Monograph Series 189: 1-327

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Family Hexatrygonidae. pp. 1477-2478 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1477] (FAO) (Sixgill Stingray)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [43] (Sixgill Stingrays)

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