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Aptychotrema timorensis
Last, 2004
Spotted shovelnose ray
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Trygonorrhinidae
Reference of the original description
Rhinobatos sainsburyi n. sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n. sp. - two new shovelnose Rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum, 56(2), 201–208
Rhinobatos sainsburyi n. sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n. sp. - two new shovelnose Rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum, 56(2), 201–208
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Citation: Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
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Common names
Spotted shovelnose ray
Spotted shovelnose ray
Short Description
This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: disc relatively large, broadly wedge-shaped, with a narrowly pointed snout; orbit diameter equal to interorbital width; tail short, about 1.1 times precIoacal length; mouth small, precloacal length about 8 times mouth width; first dorsal-fin short, length 6% TL, ca 2.3 times in interdorsal distance; dorsal-fin apices angular; caudal fin short, dorsal margin 12% TL; pelvic fin large, length about 2.8 times its width; post-synarcual vertebral centra 156; nasal lamellae 27; ventral tip of snout not black-tipped; dorsal surface covered with small, white spots (Ref. 58070).
This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: disc relatively large, broadly wedge-shaped, with a narrowly pointed snout; orbit diameter equal to interorbital width; tail short, about 1.1 times precIoacal length; mouth small, precloacal length about 8 times mouth width; first dorsal-fin short, length 6% TL, ca 2.3 times in interdorsal distance; dorsal-fin apices angular; caudal fin short, dorsal margin 12% TL; pelvic fin large, length about 2.8 times its width; post-synarcual vertebral centra 156; nasal lamellae 27; ventral tip of snout not black-tipped; dorsal surface covered with small, white spots (Ref. 58070).
Remarks
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