bickelli, Hexatrygon Heemstra [P. C.] & Smith [M. M.] 1980:6, Figs. 1-13, 15 [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 43; ref. 2081] Beach at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 997. •Mention -- (Mundy 2005:104 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith 1980 -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:15 [ref. 6441], Shen 1986:175 [ref. 8041], Smith & Heemstra 1986:142 [ref. 5714], Compagno & Last 1999:1477 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:582 [ref. 25122], Compagno et al. 2005:69 [ref. 29145], Endo & Machida 2005:51 [ref. 30827], Hoese & Bray 2006:188 [ref. 29000], Babu et al. 2011:137 [ref. 31420], Ho & Shao 2011: 20 [ref. 31432], Ebert et al. 2013:358 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:144 [ref. 34211], Séret & Carvalho 2016:510 [ref. 35008], White et al. 2017:222 [ref. 35860], Kumar et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:52 [ref. 35922], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:165 [ref. 37302], Fricke et al. 2019:44 [ref. 36673], Bineesh et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37641], Psomadakis et al. 2020:203 [ref. 37272], Ebert et al. 2021:90 [ref. 38234], Ebert & Aschliman 2022:597 [ref. 39673], Hata et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39418]). Current status: Valid as Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith 1980. Hexatrygonidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific: southern South Africa and Mozambique east to Hawaiian Islands (U. S. A.), north to Kyushu (Japan). Habitat: marine.