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Scientific Name: Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
English Name: Sea-horse, Smooth Seahorse, Yellow Seahorse, Spotted Seahorse
Local/Bangla Name: Samudra Ghora (সমুদ্র ঘোড়া), Ghora Machh ( ঘোড়া মাছ), Shindhu-Ghotok (সিন্ধু-ঘটক)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Description:
D1 17; D2 absent; P1 16; P2 absent; A 4. Body dark brown with scattered dark spots and cross bands on tail. Body rings 11+36 without spines. Snout length 2.4 in head, cornet low, divided distally; tubercles on body rings; dorsal fin located above last two body rings and first two tail rings.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
In coastal areas on seagrass, also in sandy and coral areas
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef-associated)
Other References:
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp
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.
Thompson PM, Islam MA (eds) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin's Island, United Nati Development Programme, Dhaka. 152. and Islam 1970
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