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Batoid fishes (Elasmobranchii: Rhinidae, Rhynchobatidae, Rhinobatidae, Glaucostegidae and Dasyatidae) from the southeastern Arabian Sea

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Title Batoid fishes (Elasmobranchii: Rhinidae, Rhynchobatidae, Rhinobatidae, Glaucostegidae and Dasyatidae) from the southeastern Arabian Sea
 
Creator Purushottama, G B
Thomas, Sujitha
Rajesh, K M
Nataraja, G D
Ulvekar, Chandrakanth Ganapati
Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe
Rohit, Prathibha
Zacharia, P U
 
Subject Elasmobranch Fisheries
Ray fisheries
Demersal Fishes
 
Description Batoid fishes representing families Rhinidae, Rhinobatidae, Glaucostegidae (Order: Rhinopristiformes) and
Dasyatidae (Myliobatiformes), with limited information available from southeastern Arabian Sea off Karnataka
coast are described. The distribution of five Rhino rays viz., Rhynchobatus australiae, Rhynchobatus laevis,
Rhinobatos punctifer, Glaucostegus granulatus, Rhinobatos lionotus and twelve sting rays such as Himantura
leoparda, Himantura undulata, Himantura tutul, Maculabatis arabica, Neotrygon indica, Pastinachus ater,
Pastinachus gracilicaudus, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Pateobatis fai, Pateobatis bleekeri, Taeniurops meyeni and
Urogymnus asperrimus is reported. Further, based on spotting patterns recorded on dorsal surface and contour
of ocellae, five morphotypes of Himantura leoparda, and two of Himantura tutul are illustrated. Observations
on six species (Rhinobatos punctifer, Rhinobatos lionotus, Himantura undulata, Himantura tutul, Neotrygon
indica and Pastinachus gracilicaudus) is given.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16060/1/MFIS%20251_Sujitha%20Thomas_2022.pdf
Purushottama, G B and Thomas, Sujitha and Rajesh, K M and Nataraja, G D and Ulvekar, Chandrakanth Ganapati and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Rohit, Prathibha and Zacharia, P U (2022) Batoid fishes (Elasmobranchii: Rhinidae, Rhynchobatidae, Rhinobatidae, Glaucostegidae and Dasyatidae) from the southeastern Arabian Sea. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (251). pp. 7-14. ISSN 0254-380X