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Scientific Name: Otolithoides pama (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Bola pama, Pama pama (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Pama croaker
Local/Bangla Name: Leijja poa (লেইজ্জা পোয়া), Payra poa (পায়রা পোয়া)
Pama croaker - Leijja poa (লেইজ্জা পোয়া), Payra poa (পায়রা পোয়া) - Otolithoides pama - Type: Bonyfish

Labcode: F1602sb-49-1

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
D1 IX+I/43; D 2 absent; P1 17; P 2 I/5; A II/7. Color of body brown along lback and white beneath; fin yellowish. Body elongated; head ovoid; rounded snout. Size of eye small; mouth large terminal. Dorsal fin weakly notched and dorsal fin rather weak. Body size medium Scales small cycloid on head and breast, elsewhere weakly ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Live in the estuaries and Bay of Bengal. Enters rivers far inland.
Environment:
Marine, Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic; amphidromous)
Main References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Other References:

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

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

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.

Bernacsek GM (2001) Guide to the Finfishes of Bangladesh Sundarbans, Bangladesh Forest Department, Technical Report-Tr. No: 10 (ADB: BAN 1643/3158), 254p.

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