Telatrygon crozieri
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| Telatrygon crozieri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Telatrygon |
| Species: | T. crozieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Telatrygon crozieri Blyth, 1860 | |
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.[1][2] It inhabits tropical continental shelf region at the maximum depth of 200 m (660 ft) and mostly feeds on benthic creatures.[2] This ray is often caught as bycatch by local fisheries.[1]
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.[3]