Rhinobatidae, Bonaparte, 1835

Haque, Alifa Bintha, White, William T., Cavanagh, Rachel D., Biswas, Aparna Riti & Hossain, Nazia, 2021, New records of elasmobranchs in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: further taxonomic research is essential, Zootaxa 5027 (2), pp. 211-230 : 225

Family Rhinobatidae

Rhinobatos ranongensis ( Figure 15 ), which was recently described from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea ( Last et al. 2019), was recorded from> 300 specimens from a single site. With the record of this Rhinobatos species , a total of at least eight species of Rhinopristiformes , including giant guitarfish ( Glaucostegidae ), guitarfish ( Rhinobatidae ) and wedgefish ( Rhinidae ), have been confirmed in the territorial waters of Bangladesh (Haque in review). Although not a new record, one specimen from one site and one genetic sample collected from the processed meat of an unknown species was confirmed to be Rhinobatos lionotus representing the first verified report from Bangladesh.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Several specimens’ dorsal and ventral image of Rhinobatos ranongensis from Chattogram.