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Scientific Name: Drepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonym: Chaetodon longimanus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Banded drepane, White sickle fish
Local/Bangla Name: Pann machh (পান মাছ), Sada pan mach (সাদা পানমাছ)
Labcode: F1611sb117,F1612sb49,F1612sb50,F1705sb02,F1612sb174
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Drepaneidae
Description:
D1 VIII-IX/21; D2 absent; P1 17; P2 I/5; A III/18. Color of head and body
silvery with 4-10 vertical dark bars usually visible on dorsal part of body from
head to caudal-fin base. Body very deep, strongly compressed. Snout profile
straight or concave; mouth terminal and protrusible, forming a downwardpointing
tube when protruded. Pectoral fins long, falciform, reaching caudal
peduncle.
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
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.
