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Scientific Name: Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle, 1841
English Name: Flapnose ray
Local/Bangla Name: Ghabri (ঘাবড়ি), Shankhachil (শঙ্খচিল)
Photo: ADAM, SEAFDEC/MFRDMD (BOLD)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Rhinopteridae
Description:
Disc broad and short; snout strongly notched medially to form two lobes; head relatively narrow, its width across middle of eye 6.7–7.4 in DW; cephalic lobe posterior edge not (or just) reaching mouth; tail long, usually 2.4–3.4 times disc length (when undamaged); dorsal fin origin distinctly behind pectoral fin insertions; posterior margin of dorsal fin strongly concave; sting (when present) behind dorsal fin free rear tip. Body colour disc plain greenish brown to blackish above, white below; tail base white below remainder of tail black.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Most common inshore in bays, estuaries
and near coral reefs.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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:
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
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