Description
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Reference |
IB3699 |
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Category |
Sharks and Rays |
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Family Name |
Sixgill Stingrays - HEXATRYGONIDAE |
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Common Name |
Sixgill Stingray, Swimming |
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Scientific Name |
Hexatrygon bickelli |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
Sixgill Stingray can manipulate the flexible snout independently, and it is presumably used for detecting prey and extricating it from the muddy bottoms of their deepwater habitat. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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