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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Hypanus |
| Species: | H. rudis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypanus rudis (Günther, 1870)
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References edit
- ^ a b 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.
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