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Scientific Name: Gazza achlamys Jordan & Starks, 1917
English Name: Small-toothed ponyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Tak chanda (টাক চান্দা)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Description:
The fish has an oval, moderately deep, and somewhat compressed body, with a depth 1.9 to 2.2 times in SL. The mouth points forward when protracted, and there are distinct caniniform teeth in both jaws. The head is scaleless, and scales on the body are absent anterior to a line from the origin of the soft dorsal fin to behind the pectoral-fin base, and thence on towards the tip of the depressed pelvic fins. It has a single dorsal fin with VIII and 16 soft rays, an anal fin with III spines and 14 soft rays, and a forked caudal fin. The body is silvery, with a greyish to bluish back and dark yellow irregular marks extending to a little below the lateral line. There are black dots all over the ventral half of the body and head.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
Main References:
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.
Other References:
Naznin MM, Baki MA, Hossain MM, Datta SK, Ahmed MS (2020) Twelve new records of Coral associated fish from the Saint Martin’s island based on morphometric and molecular approaches. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(2), 253-262.
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