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Scientific Name: Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)
English Name: Sharpnose Stingray
Local/Bangla Name: Jati shapla pata (জাতি শাপলা পাতা), Haush (হাউশ)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Description:
Disc rhombic with rounded to somewhat angular apices; head length 2.2–2.4 in DW; internasal width 13.0–15.6 in DW; anterior margin of disc weakly concave; snout broadly triangular with small tip; tail slightly depressed in cross-section, very slender, whip-like beyond sting; denticle band well developed in adults and developing early in young; some enlarged denticles before and after pearl-like tubercular thorn; no skin folds on tail. Body colour upper surface with numerous white spots (may be dark-edged) or with spots confined to posterior portion of disc; ventral surface white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Demersal over sandy and mud bottoms
from inshore to depths of at least 60 m; also found
in river mouths.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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.
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
