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Scientific Name: Glaucostegus typus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
English Name: Giant shovelnose ray
Local/Bangla Name: Pitambori (পিতাম্বরি), Boro pitambori (বড় পিতাম্বরি)
Giant shovelnose ray - Pitambori (পিতাম্বরি), Boro pitambori (বড় পিতাম্বরি) - Glaucostegus typus - Type: Ray

Photo: Uddin et al. (2022)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Glaucostegidae
Description:
Snout long and triangular, its tip narrowly rounded; lateral margins almost straight; disc thickened centrally, length 1.2–1.3 times its width; orbit small, its diameter 6.1–7.8 in preorbital length; tail 1.3–1.5 times longer than disc; skin rough, densely covered with small denticles; no obvious patch on each shoulder or greatly enlarged thorns on snout tip and around orbit. Colour is uniformly yellowish to greyish brown, ventral surface mostly white; sides of snout translucent, sharply demarcated from rostral ridges and anterior part of cranium; snout apex usually with dark blotch.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Benthic inshore and over inner continental and insular shelves to 100 m depth. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine, brackish, freshwater
Other References:

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: OK103910  
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