Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen and Dash, Gyanaranjan and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Chakraborty, Rekha D and Mukherjee, Indranil (2020) New record of the giant freshwater whipray, Urogymnus polylepis from West Bengal waters, east coast of India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 30 (1). pp. 91-95.
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Abstract
The giant freshwater whipray, Urogymnus polylepis belongs to the family Dasyatidae, the most species-rich family of the order Myliobatiformes comprising 19 genera and 89 species (Last et al., 2016a). Whiprays (subfamily Urogymninae) mostly live in marine environments worldwide in both tropical and temperate waters, while only a few species penetrate into estuarine and freshwater environments due to their remarkable physiological adaptability (Last et al., 2016b). Urogymnus polylepis is one of such species which primarily lives in freshwater environment; however there are records from brackish waters and even from marine coastal habitats (Last et al., 2010; Vidthayanon, et al. 2016).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | giant freshwater whipray; Urogymnus polylepis; West Bengal waters |
| Subjects: | Demersal Fishes > Ray fisheries Demersal Fishes |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Digha CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2020 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2020 10:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/14264 |
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