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Scientific Name: Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)
English Name: Black Pomfret, Brown Pomfret
Local/Bangla Name: Hail chanda (হাইল চান্দা), Kala chanda (কালা চান্দা), Kala pankha (কালা পাখা)
Labcode: F1612sb126, F1703sb-04, F1612sb-127
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 V/43; D2 absent; P1 22; P2 absent; A III/39. Body color grey-brown, with a blue/grey tinge; lower portion or head and body lighter; fins brownish with dark edge. Young individuals with dorsal and anal fins black; caudal fin yellowish/black. Body diamond-shaped, fairly deep and compressed. Dorsal and anal fins long, spines present only in young specimens. Pectoral fins long, falcate; pelvic fins absent in adults. Caudal fin forked.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p
Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.
