Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Morphometric characteristics of the pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) caught off Cochin, southwest coast of India

Volume 50 Issue 2

K. V. Akhilesh, Hashim Manjebrayakath, U. Ganga, K. K. Bineesh and C. P. Rajool Shanis

Abstract

The morphometric characteristics of the pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) are described for the first time from the Indian waters. The specimen was collected at Cochin in August, 2008. The mature male specimen measured 102 cm in total length, 47 cm in disc width, 35 cm in disc length and weighed 2.5 kg. The morphometric characteristics of the specimen were very similar to that described from the North Sea.

Keywords

Dasyatidae, stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, Indian Ocean

Date : 06-06-2009