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Scientific Name: Brevitrygon imbricata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Scaly whipray
Local/Bangla Name: Paici shapla pata (পাইসি শাপলা পাতা), Haush pata (হাউশ পাতা)
Scaly whipray - Paici shapla pata (পাইসি শাপলা পাতা), Haush pata (হাউশ পাতা) - Brevitrygon imbricata - Type: Ray

Labcode: F1703Sb-22

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Description:
Disc suboval with broadly rounded apices; anterior margins markedly concave; snout acutely pointed; interspiracular space 5.3–5.6 in DW; tail stout and oval at base, its length 1.5–1.7 in DW; a broad median denticle band from interorbital to base of spine on tail; denticle band constricted besides spiracles; tail with fleshy ridges along sides (no folds); usually 2 caudal stings. Body colour brownish to greenish brown, margin of disc pale; ventral surface of disc white with yellowish brown margins; tail forward to sting brownish above and white below; lateral ridges white, demarcated by darker surface of tail behind sting.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Demersal on inner continental shelf to at least 55 m depth. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish, Freshwater
Other References:

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.

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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