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Scientific Name: Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823)
English Name: Indian anchovy
Local/Bangla Name: Dora fesha (ডোরা ফেসা), Fesha (ফেসা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Description:
D1 16; D2 absent; P115; P2 7; A 20. Body light transparent fleshy brown, with
a silver stripe down flanks; no dark pigment lines on back between head and
dorsal fin. Body fusiform, nearly cylindrical; belly rounded with 3 to 5 needle
like scutes between pectoral and pelvic fins; snout prominent, rather pointed;
maxillary tip jointed not reaching to anterior border: of pre-operculum.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
