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ID

Species ID No.	297
Collection Code	SE
Collection No.	228
Genus	Fontitrygon
Species	margaritella
Common Name	Pearl whipray (was Dasyatis margaritella)
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	H. Ralicki, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
ID Notes	tooth rows 33+/28+- heart shaped denticles cover 1/3 disc- large pearl thorn- lower tail fin present - very short (1.0mm)- upper tail fin present less then 1.0mm

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created
06/12/2012	Modified
07/25/2015	Modified	J. Caira
02/10/2016	Modified	K. Jensen
08/06/2016	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	female

Maturity		Freshness
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)	28.2
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	27

Total Length (cm)

54.8

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	Yes
DNA Samples Deposition	J. Caira at the University of Connecticut; G. Naylor at Florida State University
ND2 Data Generated	No
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen	Yes

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	1/10/2004
Collected By	J. Caira; K. Jensen; C. Fyler; K
Source of Specimen
Collection Method
Collection Depth (m)
Country	Senegal
Ocean	Atlantic Ocean
Body of Water/River
River Basin
Island(s)
State/Province
City	Joal
Coordinates	14°10'30"N , 16°51'12"W
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes
Sift
Worms		Yes	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes	valve at UConn-April 2012-ADS; DR.BA: R1 - RhinebothriumR2 - Rhinebothrium