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Scientific Name: Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Ramcarat grenadier anchovy
Local/Bangla Name: Boga olua (বগা অলুয়া), Boiragi (বৈরাগী)
Ramcarat grenadier anchovy - Boga olua (বগা অলুয়া), Boiragi (বৈরাগী) - Coilia ramcarati - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Description:
D1 II/11; D2 absent; P1 VI/6; P2 I/9; A+C127. Body color golden-brown with dark pigmentation behind the gill opening; fins hyaline. Body compressed, deepest under dorsal fin base, becoming keeled and more compressed behind pelvic fin base, with six pre-pelvic and ten or eleven post-pelvic scutes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
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.

Thompson PM, Islam MA, (Eds.) 2010 Environmental Profile of St. Martin's Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MK926759 MN083109   MH311288
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information