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Scientific Name: Alepes melanoptera (Swainson, 1839)
English Name: Blackfin Scad
Local/Bangla Name: Dora mouri (ডোরা মৌরি)
Labcode: F1702Sb-37
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 VIII; D2 I/24; P1 21; P2 I/5; A III/21. Body color blue black above, silvery yellow below. Spinous dorsal fin distinctly black, other fins pale yellow; juveniles with a number of dusky bands from back to midline of body. Body oblong and moderately compressed, the dorsal and ventral profiles equally and evenly convex. Teeth villiform. Two dorsal fins. Pectoral fins falcate.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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, 485 p.
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 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.
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