New record of spot-tail sleeper ray Narke dipterygia (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Elasmobranchii, Torpediniformes, Narkidae) from the coast of Gujarat, India

Dhaval Bhatt; Santosh Kumar  Singh; Pradeep C. Mankodi

doi:10.17017/j.fish.342

Dhaval Bhatt Division of Marine and Freshwater Biology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara - 390020, India
Santosh Kumar Singh Division of Marine and Freshwater Biology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara - 390020, India
Pradeep C. Mankodi Division of Marine and Freshwater Biology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara - 390020, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17017/j.fish.342

Keywords: Batoid fish, First record, Gujarat, Narke dipterygia, numb ray

Abstract

Narke dipterygia (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), commonly known as numb ray, is a widely distributed species in the Arabian Sea and South-East Asian countries. It has been recorded from Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan Province of China and Japan. In India, majority of the findings of the species is from east and west coasts of India, only two records were reported namely Bombay of Maharashtra and Kerala. The present paper confirms the presence of N. dipterygia for the first time from Gujarat coast located on the west coast of India. The diagnostic characteristics and remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of N. dipterygia have been described in this paper.

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