Elasmobranch Specimen Details

BO - 496 Urogymnus polylepis
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Species ID No. 1243
Collection Code BO
Collection No. 496
Genus Urogymnus
Species polylepis
Common Name Giant freshwater whipray (was H. polylepis)
ID Verified Yes
ID Verified By G. Naylor, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class Elasmobranchii
Order Myliobatiformes
Family Dasyatidae
ID Notes collected by Etin, Aznih & Maznih Etin’s father; three species of shrimp in stomach; distinctive crenulated margins of liver lobes; 3 blood smears taken; gnathids found on ventral surface around gill slits, saved in 95% ethanol; has 3 different species of shrimp in its stomach; gorgoderid digenean and single nematode. Included in Naylor et al. (2011)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/26/2009 Created
04/05/2012Modified
02/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
05/22/2019ModifiedB. Trevisan
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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex male
Maturity immature Freshness
PCL (cm) Disk Length (cm) 86.6
Fork Length (cm) Disk Width (cm) 81.2
Total Length (cm) 238.4
Host Specimen Necropsied
Host Specimen Deposition
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Associated Parasites

Parasites 10% NBF 95% EtOH 10% NBF Picked
Valve Yes
Sift Yes Yes
Worms Yes (NBF & 95%) Yes n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 7 )
Parasite Notes valve and sift at UConn-April 2012-ADS