Waghole

Name : Maculabatis gerrardi

Class : Elasmobranchii

Order : Myliobatiformes

Family : Dasyatidae

Description :

A brown disc shape body that is about as long as it is wide and the tail is up to two and a half times the disc length. the snout is distinctly pointed.the overall colour is brown with a pale underside. The tail has one or two serrated spines at its base.

Size

Maximum length: 68.5 cm (WD), common length: 35-55 cm (WD)

Diet

Feeds on fishes and benthic crustaceans

Utilization

Utilized for frech consumption, the skin and flesh are dried or used to produce leather

Gears

Trawl, gillnet, hook and line