1. Whitespotted whipray (Himantura gerrardi)

stinging ray

Disc width 100 cm (at least)
Disc rhomboidal; denticle band narrow, not extending to tail base (in juveniles restricted to central disc); some enlarged denticles before and after pearl-like tubercular thorn. Upper surface with diffuse white spots confined to posterior half of disc (sometimes spots very sparse, absent or also extending over anterior disc).
Habitat: Demersal on the inner continental shelf. Fishery: Mostly used as raw material for fish meal also wings exported in in frozen form.
Local Names : Pittan, Papri (Sin) Pittan, Uthar, Shikki (Bal)
Note: The above names are also used for other Dasyatidae species occurring in the area.

size: Disc width 40-60 cm (max 92 cm)

Disc lozenge-shaped, at least twice as broad as long; dordal fin absent and no tentacle on posterior margin of spiracle. Dorsal surface usually plain, sometimes with faint pale spots; ventral side white to creamy white.
Habitat: Demersal in coastal waters. Feeds on benthic invertebrates and small fishes.
Fishery: Mostly used as raw material for fish meal.
Local Names: Bapha, Phappa (Sin) and Phappo (Bal)
Note: The above names are used only for G. poecilur

Size: Disc width: 300 cm (at least)

Snout moderately long, broadly rounded; teeth in a single row in both jaws. Dorsal surface dark greenish grey, variably white spotted.
Habitat: Found in coastal waters, including estuarine habitats. Feeds primarily on bivalve mollusks.
Fishery: Mostly used as raw material for fish meal.

Size: Disc width 60-80 cm (max 120 cm)

A small devilray with a short head bearing short cephalic fins (<16% DW); dorsal fin often whitetipped; spiracles subcircular, located beneath disc edge; tail of variable size, usually shorter than disc. Dark brown above, white below.
Habitat: Inshore pelagic species. Feeds on plankton.
Fishery: Mostly used as raw material for fish meal