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Scientific Name: Himantura undulata (Bleeker, 1852)
English Name: Leopard whipray, Honeycomb Whipray
Local/Bangla Name: Chitra haush (চিত্রা হাউশ)
Photo: iNaturalist
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Description:
Similar to Himantura leoparda but disc suboval with broadly rounded apices; central disc with a large pearl-shaped yellowish thorn followed by 2–3 slightly smaller similar thorns in adults (1st of these usually white), no other enlarged thorns extending along midline of disc and tail. Body colour dorsal surface of large adults with a dense pattern of large dark, thick-lined rings and reticulations; young with large dusky spots and blotches that coalesce to form reticulations during growth; ventral surface almost entirely white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inshore ray occurring on soft substrates;
often intertidal, but to depths of at least 50 m. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Bernacsek, G.M. 2001. Guide to the Finfishes of Bangladesh Sundarbans. Bangladesh Forest Department, Technical Report-Tr. No: 10 (ADB: BAN 1643/3158), 254p.
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.
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