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Scientific Name: Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Largescale tonguesole
Local/Bangla Name: Boroash Pata mach (বড়আশ পাতা মাছ), Aishya kukur jib (আইশ্যা কুকুর জিব), Kukur jeeb (কুকুর জিব)
Photo: Randall, J.E.(FishBase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Cynoglossidae
Description:
D1 100-110; P1 absent 7; P2 4; A 76-80. Body uniform brown towards ocular side, with a dark patch on gill cover, blind side white. Body flat and elongate,dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin; both the eyes on left side of body, two lateral lines on eyed side, none on blind side; scales ctenoid on eyed side and cycloid on blind side.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
On muddy and sandy bottoms to depths
of about 125 m.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Demersal)
Main 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
Other References:
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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