Dasyatis bennettii

Scientific Name:-

Dasyatis bennettii

Common Name:-

Bennett's / Frilltailed Stingray

Malayalam Name:-

Njori Valan Mullan Thirandi

Category:-

Fishes

Status:-

Not evaluated in IUCN Redlist of species.

Description:-

Disc large with pointed snout. Spiracle close behind and little larger than eye. Skin smooth in young, with age rough with pavement of scales and tubercles on middle of back and tail. Tail with serrated spine about first eighth its length, long as snout; narrow fold below about long as caudal spine; Pectorals form sub-rhomboid disc, length 2.3 in tail, very slightly longer than wide, front edge nearly straight, outer angles and hind edges broadly rounded. Body grayish above and tail darker.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Recorded from trawl bycatch of Kerala (Bijukumar and Deepthi, 2009).

Habitat:-

Marine

Synonyms:-

Dasyatis benetti (Müller & Henle, 1841) (misspelling)
Dasyatis benneti (Müller & Henle, 1841) (misspelling)
Dasyatis bennetti (Müller & Henle, 1841) (misspelling)
Trygon bennettii Müller & Henle, 1841

References:-

Akhilesh K.V., K. K. Bineesh, A. Gopalakrishnan, J. K. Jena, V. S. Basheer and N. G. K. Pillai (2014). Checklist of Chondrichthyans in Indian waters. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 56 (1), 109-120.
Bailly, N. (2015). Dasyatis bennettii. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298753 on 2015-10-07
Bijukumar, A and Deepthi, GR (2009) Mean trophic index of fish fauna associated with trawl bycatch of Kerala, southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 51(2) 145 – 154
Raje, SG; Sivakami, S; Mohanraj, G; Manoj Kumar, PP; Raju, A and Joshi, KK (2007) An atlas on the Elasmobranch fishery resources of India CMFRI Special publication CMFRI, Cochin, India.
Talwar, PK and Kacker, RK (1984) Commercial sea fishes of India ZSI, Calcutta 997 pp

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