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Scientific Name: Atropus mentalis (Cuvier, 1833)
Synonym: Ulua mentalis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Longrakered Trevally
Local/Bangla Name: Olua Mouri (অলুয়া মৌরি), Chanda ( চান্দা)
Labcode: F1612Sb-83
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 IX/21; A III/18. Color of body olive green above and silvery white below; dusky patch present behind corner of mouth; color of lower jaw white. First dorsal fin hyaline, other fins greenish with darker anterior margins. Body deep, oval and strongly compressed. Head profile strongly arched above eyes. Single row of minute teeth in jaws. Pectoral fins falcate, extending to middle
of anal fin base. Breast naked. Lateral line moderately arched joins lateral line straight under 8th to 11th soft dorsal rays.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
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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