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Scientific Name: Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926
English Name: Smoothback Guitarfish
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known.
Photo: G M MASUM BILLAH(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Description:
Snout moderate, broadly triangular, its lateral margins weakly undulate; disc thin, length 1.2–1.3 times its width; tail 1.4–1.5 times longer than disc; mouth width 14.5–15.9 in TL; skin finely granular, covered with minute denticles; thorns very short, only slghtly larger than adjacent
denticles. Body colour greenish brown dorsally with or without dense symmetrical pattern of faint orange to dusky cloudy blotches, paler beside rostral ridges; ventral surface white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Demersal inshore on the continental shelf
to at least 77 m depth Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine, Brackishwater
Main References:
Haque, A.B., White, W.T., Cavanagh, R.D., Biswas, A.R. and Hossain, N., 2021. New records of elasmobranchs in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: further taxonomic research is essential. Zootaxa, 5027(2), pp.211-230.
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