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Scientific Name: Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832)
English Name: Needle-scaled Queenfish, Leather Jacket, Queen Fish
Local/Bangla Name: Shurma maitta (সুরমা মাইট্টা), Bom maittya (বম মাইট্টা), Choto chapa maitta (ছোট চাপামাইট্টা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 VII; D2 I/21; P1 19; P2 I/5; A II+I/18. Body color silvery, the flanks with 4 to 8 vertically elongate blotches, most of them intersecting lateral line. Dorsal and anal fins uniformly pigmented. Dorsal profile of body more convex than ventral profile; cleft of mouth commences opposite to middle of eye; no scutes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
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.
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