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The left portion of the disc of a specimen (SL-13) found in a fish market in Puttalam in the North Western Province was preliminarily identifiable as
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based on the coloration of the dorsal surface of the disc which was yellowish brown with small white spots; it also had several irregular rows of enlarged, thorn-like denticles more or less restricted to the midline of the body. While this denticle pattern is inconsistent with that described for this species by
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), it is consistent with that reported in the redescription of
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by
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. This identification was supported by our molecular analysis in which this specimen was found to differ from our reference specimen of
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(CM03-74;
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by only a single bp. Our molecular work also confirmed the identity of a specimen, which has been deposited in the BRT Ichthyology Collection (SL-116; BRT-I 0030), collected from the Valaichchenai Fisheries Harbor in the Eastern Province earlier in the year, as
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. This immature specimen was identical to the reference specimen from
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and differed from SL-13 by 1 bp.
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530AC1F8CDFEAEF8E0" bold="true" box="[151,288,1868,1890]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
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Dorsal surface of mature female (SL-98).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530AA2F8EAFE85F801" bold="true" box="[244,267,1899,1920]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">B.</emphasis>
Wedge-shaped thorns and denticles on base of tail of mature female (SL-43).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530E7AF8EBFBCBF801" bold="true" box="[1068,1093,1898,1920]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">C.</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of immature male (SL-101; BRT-I 0028).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530BD3F808FE10F81F" bold="true" box="[389,414,1929,1950]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of portion of disc of large specimen (partial; SL-13).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530E0EF808FBE1F81F" bold="true" box="[1112,1135,1929,1950]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">E.</emphasis>
Thorns and denticles on base of tail of mature specimen (SL-13).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530854F829FD9DF83C" bold="true" box="[514,531,1960,1981]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">F.</emphasis>
Ventral surface of portion of disc of large specimen (partial; SL-13).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530E87F826FB6BF83C" bold="true" box="[1233,1253,1959,1981]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">G.</emphasis>
Dorsal surface of immature female (SL-116; BRT-I 0030).
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA353E530860F846FDDEF85D" bold="true" box="[566,592,1991,2012]" pageId="15" pageNumber="216">H.</emphasis>
Scapular denticles of immature female (SL-116; BRT-I 0030).
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This is the first report of
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0BB0FF18FD0CFF31" box="[486,642,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">U. granulatus</emphasis>
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from
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. This may be the species referred to previously in
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as
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0B5EFF3CFE70FF55" box="[264,510,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Urogymnus africanus</emphasis>
(Bloch &amp; Schneider)
</taxonomicName>
by
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or possibly as
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0EC4FF3CFA12FF55" box="[1170,1436,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Urogymnus asperrimus</emphasis>
(Bloch &amp; Schneider)
</taxonomicName>
(see
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De Bruin
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0867FF60FDE4FF79" box="[561,618,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">et al.</emphasis>
1995
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;
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Morón
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0958FF60FCC6FF79" box="[782,840,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">et al.</emphasis>
1998
</bibRefCitation>
;
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).
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Last
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0EDDFF60FB30FF79" box="[1163,1214,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">et al</emphasis>
. (2016b)
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suggested that both
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0B52FE84FE2FFE9C" box="[260,417,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">U. granulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0B8DFE84FDF3FE9D" box="[475,637,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">U. asperrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
co-occur in
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, and a specimen consistent with
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0EACFE84FA12FE9D" box="[1274,1436,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">U. asperrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected since our survey confirms this. However, whether the form of this species in
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is
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0F4CFEA8FE9BFEE5" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Urogymnus asperrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1 or
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<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0B19FECCFDD8FEE5" box="[335,598,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Urogymnus asperrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
2 (sensu
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Naylor
<emphasis id="8CF04536DA2A3E4C0943FECCFCC3FEE4" box="[789,845,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">et al.</emphasis>
2012a
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) remains to be determined.
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