Telatrygon zugei (Bürger, 1841)

Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz, Lavoué, Sébastien, Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani, Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah, A. Rahim, Masazurah & Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna, 2021, Ichthyofauna of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest Reserve, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, and its adjacent marine waters, Check List 17 (2), pp. 601-631 : 607

Telatrygon zugei (Bürger, 1841)

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Material examined. MALAYSIA • 1 ♀, 148 mm DW, tail missing; Kedah State, Kuala Kedah, Kuala Muda Whispering Market ; 05.578°N, 100.341°E; 6 Dec. 2018; Danial H. Zainal Abidin, Norli F.M.A.H. Alshari leg.; USMFC (1) 00002 .

Identification. A small species of dasyatid (maximal disc width less than 300 mm); elongated snout with largely concave disc anterior margins; eye small; no dark transverse band through the eyes; dorsal surface of the disc uniformly brown, ventral side of the disc uniformly pale greyish ( Carpenter and Niem 1999a).

According to Weigmann (2011), T. zugei can be distinguished from all other stingrays occurring in this region by its very elongated snout with the broadly concave anterior margins of the disc. A common coastal species in Southeast Asia regularly occurring in brackish environments. Generic classification follows Last et al. (2016); previously classified in the genus Dasyatis .