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Scientific Name: Neotrygon indica Pavan-Kumar, Kumar, Pitale, Shen and Borsa, 2018
English Name: Blue spotted ray
Local/Bangla Name: Chitra haush (চিত্রা হাউশ)
Blue spotted ray - Chitra haush (চিত্রা হাউশ) - Neotrygon indica - Type: Ray

Labcode: F1803SM-51

Photo: Ewout Knoester(iNaturalist)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Description:
Colour of body above dull-brown, white ventrally with numerous small black spots and blue black-edged ocelli. Tip of tail black, preceded by two obscure cross-bands. Disc kite-shaped, much broader than long. Spiracles greatly larger than eyes. Mouth undulated, with two buccal papillae on floor of mouth. Tail long, whip-like, exceeding length of disc, with upper and lower cutaneous folds, with 2 or 3 serrated spines. Back and head with small denticles in adult.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

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

Ahmed, M.S., N.Z. Chowdhury, S.K. Datta, and A.A. Zhilik, 2019. New Geographical Record of the Burmese Bamboo Shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae), from Bangladesh Waters. Thalassas: An Int. J. Mar. Sci., 35(2): 347–350.

Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.

iNaturalist (2008) Neotrygon indica. https://www.inaturalist.org. Accessed 19 November 2023.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MZ363906 MZ363908   MZ363907
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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