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Scientific Name: Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
English Name: Dorab wolf-herring
Local/Bangla Name: Pati korati chela (পাতি করাতি চেলা), Korati chela (করাতি চেলা)
Labcode: F1702Sb-02
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Chirocentridae
Description:
D1 3+14; D2 absent; P1 1+13; P2 6; A 35. Body deep blue-green, shading
to brassy-gold to bright silvery on flanks; tip of dorsal fin and front of anal fin
dark; caudal fin yellow. Body elongate, strongly compressed; edge of belly
sharp but without scutes; scales very small, easily shed; canine teeth in both
jaws, two canine teeth on pre-maxillae pointing forward; anal-fin base twice
the length of dorsal-fin base; ventral fins very small.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
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.
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