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Scientific Name: Rhina ancylostomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
English Name: Bowmouth guitarfish,mud skate, shovelnose ray
Local/Bangla Name: Titamari (টিটামারি)
Bowmouth guitarfish,mud skate, shovelnose ray - Titamari (টিটামারি) - Rhina ancylostomus - Type: Ray

Photo: (Uddin et al.,2022)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinidae
Description:
Unmistakably a guitarfish, it has a broad, rounded snout, huge, high pectoral fins, thick ridges of spiky thorns over the eyes, on the back and shoulders, and rows of crushing teeth in the jaws that are strongly ridged and arranged in an undulating pattern. Black dots on the head and shoulders, but no eyespots or ocelli; numerous white spots dorsally on the fins, body, and tail. Grey to brownish above, white below.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Reef associated.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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