(, saendr@U 'kat@s) n. (Biography) Chandragupta's Greek name. Possibly derived from sandruk-o'tos'son of a king'. The surname was given to Chandragupta after his conquest of the kingdom of Magadha. Sandrocottus is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Dasyatidae, which contains only one living species, Sandrocottus baliochevichi. It is found in the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Russia and north-eastern China. Sandrocottus means "sand shark" or "little sand shark"; it was named for its sandy coloration. This genus is unique among sharks in having no dorsal fin; instead, there are two large fins on the tail that help it steer through the sediment at the bottom of the sea. The species was first described by Russian ichthyologists Boris Yanega and Vladimir Borodovsky in 1972. They gave it the scientific name Dasyatis chandraguppti, with the suffix "-otti" meaning "the little one", in reference to Chandragupta Maurya.