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Indian Sharpnose Ray
Telatrygon crozieri
Telatrygon crozieri, the Indian sharpnose ray, is a type of tropical ray of the family Dasyatidae living in the coastal region of India and Bangladesh. It inhabits tropical continental shelf region at the maximum depth of 200 m (660 ft) and mostly feeds on benthic creatures. This ray is often caught as bycatch by local fisheries.
From the article Telatrygon crozieri on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Not much was known about the biology, but the Indian sharpnose ray is believed to move to much shallower water to breed and have litters of likely 2 pups. The possible maximum length of this species is 40 cm (16 in).
Range & habitat
The Indian sharpnose ray possibly used to live around all the coastal regions of Indian subcontinent, but the recent extant habitat is believed to be Orissa and Bengal (India), and Bangladesh.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat & distribution”
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of British anatomy and physiology professor William Crozier (1816–1862), the describers colleague at the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1244564.