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Scientific Name: Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758
English Name: Grooved razor-fish
Local/Bangla Name: Ciruni machh (চিরুনি মাছ)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Centriscidae
Description:
The initial dorsal fin spine is integrated with the body armor plate and lacks a flexible spinous ray at its tip. The interorbital space features a groove which extends to the crown of the head and the sutures of lateral plates have serrations. Postorbital part of the head is equal to or more than half the distance from the operculum to the base of the pectoral fins. In terms of coloration, the fish is silvery with a dark lateral streak running the length of the body and 7–8 silvery crossbars on the ventral plates.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
Main References:
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp
Other References:
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.
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