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Scientific Name: Alepes kleinii (Bloch, 1793)
English Name: Razorbelly scad
Local/Bangla Name: Khurpeti Mouri (খুরপেটী মৌরি), Mouri (মৌরি ), Pata kauya (পাতা কাউয়া)
Labcode: F1708SM-15
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 VIII; D2 I/24; P1 20; P2 I/5; A III/21. body silvery green dorsally, silvery white ventrally; a large black spot on upper margin of opercle. . Body oval, strongly compressed; ventral profile more convex than dorsal profile. Snout pointed; adipose eyelid well developed on posterior half of eye; Straight part of lateral line entirely with scutes (35-45), longer than curved part. Caudal fin forked. Scales on body moderate.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (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.
