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First record of blue-spotted stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii from Gujarat, north-west coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2014

Swatipriyanka Sen ,
Gyanaranjan Dash  and
Sangita A. Bharadiya
Swatipriyanka Sen*
Affiliation:
Veraval Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Veraval-362 269, Gujarat, India
Gyanaranjan Dash
Affiliation:
Veraval Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Veraval-362 269, Gujarat, India
Sangita A. Bharadiya
Affiliation:
Veraval Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Veraval-362 269, Gujarat, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Sen, Veraval Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Veraval-362 269, Gujarat, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

One female specimen of blue-spotted stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii was collected from a single day trawl catch along with other species of rays from the Saurashtra coast of Gujarat, India. The present paper describes the first record of the blue-spotted stingray from the State of Gujarat, thereby adding another species to the total recorded species list from the area.

Keywords

blue-spotted stingrayGujaratmorphometricsSaurashtra coast
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e81
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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