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Scientific Name: Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Longheaded eagle ray
Local/Bangla Name: Lombamatha ghabri (লম্বামাথা ঘাবড়ি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Description:
Disc diamond-shaped, very broad but relatively short; rostral lobe very long, narrowly pointed; 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; skin entirely smooth. Body colour dorsal surface uniformly brownish to greenish brown; ventral surface mostly white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Pelagic in inshore 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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