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Scientific Name: Narcine timlei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Spotted numbfish
Local/Bangla Name: Bidyut machh ( বিদ্যুৎ মাছ), Chor chata (চর চাটা), Fota bidyut mach (ফোটা বিদ্যুৎ মাছ)
Spotted numbfish - Bidyut machh ( বিদ্যুৎ মাছ), Chor chata (চর চাটা), Fota bidyut mach (ফোটা বিদ্যুৎ মাছ) - Narcine timlei - Type: Ray

Photo: (Hossain et al.,2020)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Torpediniformes
Family: Narcinidae
Description:
Disc soft, oval orsubtrapezoidal, widest near mid-length; eyes usually smaller than spiracles; eyes and spiracles joined together; spiracles rounded, with elevated smooth rims; 1st dorsal fin originating slightly posterior to pelvic fin insertion; mouth width slightly wider than internarial space; tooth bands subequal about half of mouth width. Colour dorsally uniform yellowish, brownish or purplish brown; posterior margins of dorsal fins, lateral tail region and posterior pelvic borders whitish; ventrally creamy white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Benthic, inshore in shallow water near the coast.Mangrove, Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019). Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

Other References:

Haque AB, Hasan SJ, Hossain N, Khan S, Rahman S, Karim E (2023) Elasmobranch Fishery in Bangladesh (ed. Yahia Mahmud), Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, 144 p.

Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.

Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp

Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.

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