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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)
Longrakered Trevally - Olua Mouri (অলুয়া মৌরি), Chanda ( চান্দা) - Atropus mentalis - Type: Bonyfish

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)
Main References:

Habib KA, Neogi AK, Kim CG, Lee YH (2022) Reef Fishes of Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh: An identification book with DNA barcodes. Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh. 273 pp.

Other References:

Habib KA, Islam MJ, Sakib MN, Brishti PS, Neogi AK (2023) DNA barcoding of reef‐associated fishes of Saint Martin's Island, Northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Ecology and Evolution, 13(10), e10641.

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.

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
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