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Scientific Name: Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Chacunda gizzard shad, shortnose gizzard shad
Local/Bangla Name: Koi puti (কৈ পুটি), Chakunda (চাকুন্দা), Chepta koi mach ( চ্যাপ্টা কৈ মাছ)
Labcode: F1612sb81
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 III/15; D2 absent; P1 16; P2 8; A 20. Body silvery with indistinct brown longitudinal lines along scale rows; a black spot on shoulder. Fin rays
yellowish when live and fresh. Body deep, oval and compressed, ventral profile rounded; maxilla straight, thin and tip tapering; mouth inferior; last dorsal ray not prolonged as a filament.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs inshore and also in estuaries
Environment:
Marine, Brakish, Freshwater
Other References:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 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.
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.
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