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Oxynotidae

shark family
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  • southern stingray (Dasyatis americana or Hypanus americanus)
    chondrichthyan
    / Annotated classification

    Family Oxynotidae (prickly dogfish) Distinguished by number of functional upper teeth increasing in each row from front to rear; dermal denticles large and prominent. Taken from depths of 60–530 metres (about 200 to 1,740 feet); 2 species known in eastern North Atlantic, Tasmania, and New Zealand.…

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    Family Oxynotidae (prickly dogfish) Distinguished by number of functional upper teeth increasing in each row from front to rear; dermal denticles large and prominent. Taken from depths of 60–530 metres (about 200 to 1,740 feet); 2 species known in eastern North Atlantic, Tasmania, and New Zealand.…

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