An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon
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Fermon, Yves
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Bailly, Nicolas
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Cardiec, Floriane
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Causse, Romain
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Chartrain, Emmanuel
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Chirio, Laurent
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Bruyne, Godefroy De
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Deynat, Pascal
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Hopkins, Carl D.
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Lamboj, Anton
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Mennesson, Marion I.
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Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve
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Paugy, Didier
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Sidlauskas, Brian
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Sullivan, John P.
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Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De
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Vigliotta, Thomas R.
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Zee, Jouke Van Der
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Cybium
2022
46
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10904647
journal article
10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
2101-0315
Dasyatis hastata
(DeKay, 1842)
Occurrence:
native
Maximum length:
104 cm
WD
Water
type
: marine, brackish
Environment: demersal
Depth range:? m
Migration: unknown
IUCN status: NE –
Not
evaluated
Source: preserved, observation
Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from
Senegal
south to
Ghana
. One record for
Gabon
: MNHN 1989-1787 1980. Juveniles and adults were observed along the coast, in estuary and delta of
Gabon
on board of industrial trawlers and artisanal boats (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. com.).
D. hastata
has been placed in synonymy with
D. centroura
, but Séret
in
Paugy
et al. (
2003)
, does not consider this well-established, since two large stingrays, corresponding to the descriptions of these nominal species, doubtless exist on the West African coast. Pending a revision of the Atlantic stingrays, it therefore seems preferable to keep the name
D. hastata
.