Scientific Name: Atropus atropos (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Cleftbelly Trevally, Blackfin Jack, Cleftbelly Kingfish
Local/Bangla Name: Genda Mouri (গেন্দা মৌরি), Tek chanda (টেক চান্দা)
Labcode: F1602sb-54 , F1602sb-54-2 , F1612sb-133 , F1602sb-54-2
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 I+VII; D 2 I/22; P 1 22; P 2 I/5; A II+I/18. Body color bluish-green above, silvery below. Pelvic fins deep black, other fins pale or light yellow. Body deeply ovate and strongly compressed, eyes strongly convex. Abdomen with a deep median groove between bases of anal and pelvic fins. Teeth in jaws are villiform. Two dorsal fins. Pectoral fins falcate. Scales small, lateral line strongly curved; scutes along straight part of lateral line.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Near the surface of coastal water, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
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, 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.
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
