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Name : Himantura imbricata

Common Name : Waghole
Class : Elasmobranchii
Order : Myliobatiformes
Family : Dasyatidae
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Description

They have a flattened body structure with their eyes on top of their bodies and their mouths on the undersides. It is Ovoviviparous. The Disc width equal to disc length; its tail is shorter than the body; ventral surface of the disc is entirely white.


Size

Maximum length: 25.0 cm (WD), common length: 10-15 cm (WD)


Diet

Feeds on benthic invertebrates. 


Utilization

Marketed fresh or salted and dried.


Gears

Trawl, gillnet