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Scientific Name: Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841)
English Name: Round ribbontail ray,Blotched Fantail Ray
Local/Bangla Name: Norom painna shapla pata (নরম পাইন্না শাপলা পাতা), Haush (হাউশ)
Photo: Ian Banks(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Description:
Disc subcircular; anteriormargin uniformly convex; snout short, very obtuse, tip not pointed; tail short, relatively broad-based, depressed, tapering rapidly at sting; disc surface ofadults covered with short, star-shaped denticles (nothorns); ventral tail fold prominent, extending to tailtip, several times deeper than tail above; dorsal tail fold absent. Body colour is dorsal surface mottled black and white (sometimes uniformly brownish or black); ventral surface of disc uniformly pale; skin fold and tail uniformly black behind sting.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Benthic around coral reef habitats and on
sand substrates from the surf zone to 439 m. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Roy, B.J., Singha, N.K., Rhaman, M.G. and Ali, A.H.M.H., 2015. Status and recorded of sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal of Bangladesh Region. Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2(4), pp.343-367.
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.
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