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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:
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
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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