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Scientific Name: Chrysochir aureus (Richardson, 1846)

Synonym: Otolithus aureus (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Croaker
Local/Bangla Name: Dhari Poa (ধারী পোয়া), Lal Poa (লাল পোয়া)
Croaker - Dhari Poa (ধারী পোয়া), Lal Poa (লাল পোয়া) - Chrysochir aureus - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
D1 X+I/26; D2 absent; P1 17; P2 I/5; A II/7. Color of body metallic blue above, shading to silvery below. Pectoral fins yell ow, other fins greyish. A small species with an acute snout and large, nearly horizontal and inferior mouth. Teeth villirorm jaws, in upper jaw the outer row enlarged with two pairs of canines at tip; in lower jaw teeth in inner row slightly enlarged.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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:

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

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Saha T, Hossain Z (2021) Molecular characterization of marine and coastal fishes of Bangladesh through DNA barcodes. Ecology and Evolution, 11(9), 3696-3709.

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.

Bernacsek GM (2001) Guide to the Finfishes of Bangladesh Sundarbans, Bangladesh Forest Department, Technical Report-Tr. No: 10 (ADB: BAN 1643/3158), 254p.

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MK024425  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information