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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:
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
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.
