Description

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Diagnosis: A large stingray entirely covered by discrete prickles, but without tubercles (Ref. 81259).

Common Names

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Småtandet pigrokke , Danish , Denmark

Kleintandpijlstaartrog , Dutch , Netherlands

Smalltooth stingray , English , South Africa

Krobe astelrai , Estonian , Estonia

糙魟 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Myliobatiformes

Family: Dasyatidae

Genus: Hypanus

Species: Hypanus rudis (Günther, 1870)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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A coastal species (Ref. 4438), that would be capable of migrating into freshwaters (Ref. 81259). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

Habitat

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brackish