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Scientific Name: Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Duckbill sleeper
Local/Bangla Name: Baila (বাইলা)
Duckbill sleeper - Baila (বাইলা) - Butis butis - Type: Bonyfish

Labcode: F1611Sb-145

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Description:
D1 V+I; D2 I/8; P1 22; P2 5; A I/8. Color of body dark, head and body with reddish spots, first dorsal black with red tip; other fins dusky; base of pectoral with black spot. Body elongate, slightly compressed; head pointed and depressed; lower jaw prominent; maxilla extend to below anterior margin of eye; teeth in many rows; outer rows in both jaws enlarged; 2-3 pores on posterior margin of pre-opercle. Caudal fin obtuse. Body scaly; ctenoid scales between eye and orbital crest.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine, Brackish, Freshwater
Other References:

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of

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