taxonID	type	description	language	source
038787FDFFD48A52FCA2079CFD2BFB8E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: MARC / ZSI / F 1907, 2 ex, 440 - 458 mm disc width, Digha Mohona, 24. viii. 2011, coll. Dipanjan Ray. Diagnosis: Body rhombic; head distinct with two subrostral lobes divided by a deep median anterior notch. Disc falcate with convex end, dorsal fin erected at the base of tail. Pelvic fin long and narrow and no anal fin, whip like long tail, with a serrated spine at base. Head, upper surface and lower surface of disc smooth; minute denticles present of tail. Disc width: 440 - 458 mm; Mouth opening: 48 - 51 mm; anterior pectoral length 305 - 309 mm; posterior pectoral length 172 - 175 mm; pelvic fin: 41 - 43; head to vent: 230 - 236 mm; distance between 1 st gill opening 72 - 76 mm. Colour: Upper surface of body brownish and lower surface whitish, Edge of pectoral, dorsal fin dark. IUCN Status: Vulnerable (VU). Distribution: Rhinoptera javanica is reported from Tamil Nadu (James, 1962), Andhra Pradesh (Devarapalli, 2017), Odisha coast (Barman, et al., 2007), Gujurat (Barman, et al., 2000), Maharastra (Raje, 2000), Kerala (Bijukumar & Raghavan, 2015), Karnataka (Barman, et al., 2013). The current report extends its distribution further northern in the Bay of Bengal coast to the West Bengal coast.	en	Ray, Dipanjan, Mohapatra, Anil (2020): Short Communication First record of two Myliobatid Elasmobranchs from West Bengal, northern east coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4): 491-494, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/146835
038787FDFFD58A52FF5C0791FACFFC4C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ZSI / MARC / F 4001, 1 ex., 682 mm disc width, Digha Mohana, 22. xi. 2014, coll. Dipanjan Ray, Diagnosis: Disk more or less twice as wide as long. Spiracles very small, sub circular and located below the pectoral fin margin where it meets the body - Tail shorter than disc width, no spine at the base of tail, anterior end of pectoral fin convex and posterior end concave. Nasal valves confluent with flap which extends in front of teeth but free at nostrils. Teeth bands not extending to the angle of the mouth. Colour: Dark brown above and whitish below. IUCN Status: Data Deficient (DD). Distribution: From Indian waters the species was reported from Odisha (Barman, et al., 2007), Andhra Pradesh (Devarapalli, 2017), Tamil Nadu (Barman, et al., 2011), Kerala (Bijukumar & Raghavan, 2015; Bineesh, et al., 2016), Karnataka (Barman, et al., 2013) and Maharashtra (Barman, et al., 2012) either as Mobula kuhlii or Mobula eregoodootenkee (junior synonym of Mobula kuhlii). The current report extends its distribution further northward in the Bay of Bengal to the West Bengal coast.	en	Ray, Dipanjan, Mohapatra, Anil (2020): Short Communication First record of two Myliobatid Elasmobranchs from West Bengal, northern east coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4): 491-494, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/146835
