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Scientific Name: Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)
English Name: Ocellated eagle ray
Local/Bangla Name: Fota ghabri (ফোঁটা ঘাবড়ি)
Photo: CORDENOS Thierry(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Description:
Disc very broad and short, rostral lobe moderately long (shorter in juveniles) and parabolic; skin smooth; teeth plate-like, in a single row in both jaws, those in lower jaw chevron-shaped; nasal curtain deeply notched centrally; spiracles large, visible in dorsal view; tail very long, 2.1–2.5 in DW. Colour: Dorsal surface greenish grey with numerous, similar size white to pale blue spots (occasionaly without spots or with spots confined to rear disc); ventral surface mostly white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Pelagic in inshore and offshore waters;
also found in estuaries.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
Main 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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