A new report confirming the presence of Bennett’s stingray, Hemitrygon bennettii (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the western Bay of Bengal

A new report confirming the presence of Bennett’s stingray, Hemitrygon bennettii (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the western Bay of Bengal

The occurrence of Bennett’s stingray, Hemitrygon bennettii (Müller et Henle, 1841), is confirmed from Indian waters, based on a single male specimen (370 mm DW) collected from Visakhapatnam, western Bay of Bengal on 28 January 2017. Existing, updated reports on the distrib...

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Main Authors: M. Muktha, K.V. Akhilesh, S. Sukumaran, S.J. Kizhakudan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-03-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
Subjects:
Dasyatidae
taxonomy
Indian Ocean
India
batoids
Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26873/download/pdf/

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