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Scientific Name: Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
English Name: Plaintail turkeyfish, Russell’s Firefish
Local/Bangla Name: Rongila (রঙ্গিলা), Kura mach (কুরা মাছ)
Labcode: F1702Sb-07
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Description:
D1 XII+I/10; D2 absent; P1 13; P 2 I/5; A III/7. Head and body with numerous
reddish-brown bars of variable width, separated by narrow white bars;
generally brownish pectoral fins without prominent dark bands; dorsal spines
free of membrane except basally; enlarged and wing-like pectoral fins with
rays free of membrane distally, unbranched rays.
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
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.
