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Scientific Name: Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849
English Name: Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
Local/Bangla Name: Tara gajar (তাঁরা গজার), Sonali taramukhi (সোনালী তারামুখী), Holudleja tara chokh (হলুদলেজা তারাচোখ)
Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer - Tara gajar (তাঁরা গজার), Sonali taramukhi (সোনালী তারামুখী), Holudleja tara chokh (হলুদলেজা তারাচোখ) - Uranoscopus cognatus - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Uranoscopidae
Description:
The upper edge of the opercle descends backward. The supracleithrum has only one spine dorsally. Both nasal valves are long and tubular. There are two basipterygial processes, and a short black cirrus is present on the eye. The respiratory valve inside the lower jaw has a thread-like, pale appendage. In terms of color, the body is brown above with fine mottling and stippling in dark brown. The pectoral and caudal fins are orange or yellowish-brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine
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

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.

Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.

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