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Sixgill Stingray, Swimming

Reference

IB3699

Category

Sharks and Rays

Family Name

Sixgill Stingrays - HEXATRYGONIDAE

Common Name

Sixgill Stingray, Swimming

Scientific Name

Hexatrygon bickelli

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

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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