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Discopyge Heckel, 1846

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Heckel, J. J. in Tschudi, J. J. von. 1846.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Torpediniformes
family
Narcinidae
genus
Discopyge

Name

Homonyms
Discopyge Heckel, 1846
Common names
apron ray in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Fauna Peru. (Ichth.)
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  8. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer)
  12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  14. Tschudi, J. J. von. (1846). Ichthyologie. <em>. In: Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St. Gallen.</em> Pp. ii-xxx + 1-35, Pls. 1-6.1844-46, in 12 parts. [Parts 1-2 issued in 1844, 3-5 in 1845, 6-12 in 1846. Overall pp. 1-693. Fishes evidently all in 1846.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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