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Scientific Name: Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)
English Name: Indian pike conger
Local/Bangla Name: Paik kamila (পাইক কামিলা), Kamila (কামিলা)
Photo: Chua, Eileen (Fishbase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenesocidae
Description:
The body is elongated, cylindrical in the anterior portion and compressed towards the tail. Gill openings nearly converge at the ventral midline of the body. The vomerine teeth are needle-like, lacking basal cusps. Pectoral fins are comparatively small. The dorsal fin has 57–68 rays and there are 35–40 lateral line pores before the level of the anus with a vertebral count ranging from 132 to 145. The coloration consists of a head and body in shades of yellow with a bronze hue, while the underside is white. Both the dorsal and anal fins exhibit narrow black edges.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Benthic, on soft bottoms, in estuaries, lagoons and shallow coastal waters down to 100 m
Environment:
Marine, Brakish
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
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