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Hexatrygon Heemstra & Smith 1980 hexa-, from héx (Gr. ἕξ), six referring to its six gills (all other rays have five); trygṓn (Gr. τρυγών), stingray, originating from ptérýx (Gr. πτέρυξ), wing, referring to the wing-like resemblance (and flying-like movement) of their pectoral fins

Hexatrygon bickelli Heemstra & Smith 1980 in honor of Dave Bickell, a former angling correspondent for the Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth, South Africa), who discovered holotype washed up on a beach