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Scientific Name: Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795)
English Name: Bloch’s gizzard shad, Longfinned Gizzard Shad
Local/Bangla Name: Khoira (খইরা), Bou rong (বৌ রং)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 17; D2 absent; P1 15; P 2 8; A 22. Color of back black greenish, flanks silvery, with a dark patch on shoulder and dark longitudinalstreaks along upper row of scales. Fins yellowish. 4 black spots behind gill openings. Oblong, compressed and deep. Snout obtuse, prominent, shorter than the eye. Maxillary reaches anterior part of eye. Lower jaw strongly flared outward. Moth small, inferior. Hind edge of scales distinctly toothed. Premaxilla short, maxilla expanded s at tip and turned downward. Upper jaw with a distinct median notch. Last ray of dorsal fin prolonged, filamentous. Branchiostegal rays 6 in number.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in estuaries and coastal areas, occasionally ascending into the upper reaches of the tidal zone.
Environment:
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous
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 (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
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