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Scientific Name: Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
English Name: Pelagic stingray,violet stringray
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known.
Photo: Sylvain Le Bris(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Description:
Disc cone-shaped, very broad (width 1.3–1.4 times its length); apices angular; anterior margin uniformly convex; snout very short and obtuse; tail slightly depressed anteriorly, whip-like beyond sting; denticles confined to a single row of small thorns along disc midline in adults; ventral skin fold very low, terminating well before tail tip. Body colour upper surface uniform dark purple to black; ventral surface almost entirely dark, but usually slightly lighter than dorsal surface; cloaca, thorns and sting mostly pale.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in open waters usually in the first
100 m. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Chowdhury SR) (2019). Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.
