Dasyatis walga
Muller and Henle
1841 (Fish)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
Description
Color: Dull gray or brown above, whitish below.
Disc subcircular, slightly longer than broad, or as broad as long. Spiracles nearly equal to eyes, close behind it; eye diameter about 3.3 times interorbital width. Mouth undulated, with two buccal processes on floor of mouth. Tail whip-like, slightly longer than disc length, without upper and lower cutaneous folds, with 1 or 2 large serrated spines. Uniform small tubercles on interorbital, interspiracle and mid-dorsal surface of disc; a series of small spines between root of tail and caudal spine.
Color: Dull gray or brown above, whitish below.
Disc subcircular, slightly longer than broad, or as broad as long. Spiracles nearly equal to eyes, close behind it; eye diameter about 3.3 times interorbital width. Mouth undulated, with two buccal processes on floor of mouth. Tail whip-like, slightly longer than disc length, without upper and lower cutaneous folds, with 1 or 2 large serrated spines. Uniform small tubercles on interorbital, interspiracle and mid-dorsal surface of disc; a series of small spines between root of tail and caudal spine.
Synonym (s)
• Dasyatis walga Talwar and Kacker 1984
• Trygon dadong Bleeker 1856
• Trygon heterurus Bleeker 1852
• Trygon nuda Giinther 1870
• Trygon walga Day 1989
• Trygon walga Day 1878
• Trygon walga Day 1889
• Trygon walga Day 1878
• Trygon walga Giinther 1870
• Trygon walga Lloyd 1907
• Trygon walga Malpas 1926
• Trygon walga Miiller & Henle 1841
• Trygon walga Moses 1922
• Trygon walga Muller & Henle 1841
• Trygon walga Pearson 1914
• Trygon walga Peters 1880
• Trygon walga Pillay 1926
• Trygon walga Sauvage 1881
• Trygon walga Sorley 1933
• Dasyatis (Himantura) walga Misra 1969
• Dasyatis walga Talwar and Kacker 1984
• Trygon dadong Bleeker 1856
• Trygon heterurus Bleeker 1852
• Trygon nuda Giinther 1870
• Trygon walga Day 1989
• Trygon walga Day 1878
• Trygon walga Day 1889
• Trygon walga Day 1878
• Trygon walga Giinther 1870
• Trygon walga Lloyd 1907
• Trygon walga Malpas 1926
• Trygon walga Miiller & Henle 1841
• Trygon walga Moses 1922
• Trygon walga Muller & Henle 1841
• Trygon walga Pearson 1914
• Trygon walga Peters 1880
• Trygon walga Pillay 1926
• Trygon walga Sauvage 1881
• Trygon walga Sorley 1933
• Dasyatis (Himantura) walga Misra 1969
Common Name (s)
• Pakat (Marathi)
• Goval (Marathi)
• Adavalan Tiriki (Tamil)
• Volugiri Tenkee (Telugu)
• Thirachi (Telugu)
• Tenkee Shindraki (Telugu)
• Isacurrah Tenkee (Telugu)
• Scaly Sting Ray
• Pakat (Marathi)
• Goval (Marathi)
• Adavalan Tiriki (Tamil)
• Volugiri Tenkee (Telugu)
• Thirachi (Telugu)
• Tenkee Shindraki (Telugu)
• Isacurrah Tenkee (Telugu)
• Scaly Sting Ray
Economic Importance and Threats
Importance: Commercial
(Fisheries)
Importance: Commercial
(Fisheries)
Ecology
Biogeography
• Orissa, Mahanadi Estuary (Lat: 20.32) (Long: 86.75) INDIA
• West Bengal, Digha Coast (Lat: 21.61) (Long: 87.53) INDIA
• Maharashtra, Colaba (Lat: 18.92) (Long: 72.82) INDIA
• Kerala INDIA (Record: 1984)
• INDIA (Record: 1984)
• Orissa, Mahanadi Estuary (Lat: 20.32) (Long: 86.75) INDIA
• West Bengal, Digha Coast (Lat: 21.61) (Long: 87.53) INDIA
• Maharashtra, Colaba (Lat: 18.92) (Long: 72.82) INDIA
• Kerala INDIA (Record: 1984)
• INDIA (Record: 1984)
Literature Source(s)
- Zoological Survey of India (Eds.) (1998) Fauna Of Mahanadi estuary, Orissa Estuarine ecosystem series no 3 ZSI, Kolkata 1-218 Available at - ZSI, Pune
- Talwar, PK and Kacker, RK (1984) Commercial sea fishes of India ZSI, Calcutta 997 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Goswami, BCB (1992) Marine fauna of Digha coast of West Bengal, India Journal of Marine Biological Association of India The Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin 34 115-137 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
