Anodontostoma chacunda - Marine Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh

Scientific Name: Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Chacunda gizzard shad

Local/Bangla Name: Koi puti (কৈ পুটি), Chakunda (চাকুন্দা), Chepta koi mach ( চ্যাপ্টা কৈ মাছ), Chepta koi Puti ( চ্যাপ্টা কৈ পুটি)

Labcode: F1612sb81 , Gr2101MK-01 , FCC1901SB-04

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 , Dublar Char

Environment:

Marine, Brackish, Freshwater

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.

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

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.

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.

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.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh

GenBank Accession Number:

COI: OP042309 MN458389 PV017789 PV017788 PV017787 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MH429338.1 '' target=''_blank''> MH429338 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/LC823324.1 ''target=''_blank''> LC823324 < haref=''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK878431.1 '' target=''_blank''> MK878431

16 S rRNA: MF593300