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Scientific Name: Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
English Name: Blacktip reef shark, Blackfin reef shark, Blackfinned Shark
Local/Bangla Name: Probal Hangor (প্রবাল হাঙ্গর), Kala hangor (কালা হাঙ্গর ), Kamot (কমোট)
Blacktip reef shark, Blackfin reef shark, Blackfinned Shark - Probal Hangor (প্রবাল হাঙ্গর), Kala hangor (কালা হাঙ্গর ), Kamot (কমোট) - Carcharhinus melanopterus - Type: Shark

Photo: Fishbase (Randall JE)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Description:
Snout is short, broad and bluntly rounded. First dorsal fin is tall, its origin over pectoral fin insertions. Second dorsal fin moderately large with short rear tip, its origin over anal fin origin. Pectoral fins large and triangular. No interdorsal ridge is present. First dorsal fin with prominent black blotch set off by whitish band below. Coloration: Light brown above, white below; 1st dorsal and ventral caudal lobe with a conspicuous black apical blotch, brilliantly highlighted proximally with white; other fins, generally with less prominent black fin tips; a conspicuous white band on flank.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inshore and sometimes offshore, on continental and insular shelves. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish,
Main References:

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

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, Bangladesh, 485 p.

Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.

Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.

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