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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, Brakish, Freshwater
Main 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.

Other References:

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

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

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