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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)
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
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.
Bernacsek GM (2001) Guide to the Finfishes of Bangladesh Sundarbans, Bangladesh Forest Department, Technical Report-Tr. No: 10 (ADB: BAN 1643/3158), 254p.
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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