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Scientific Name: Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker, 1851)
English Name: Short-headed Tonguesole
Local/Bangla Name: Choto matha Pata mach (ছোট মাথা পাতা মাছ)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Cynoglossidae
Description:
It has elongated body and the eyes are relatively large. Snout is short, ranging from rounded to somewhat blunt. The corner of the mouth extends below the vertical line from the anterior half of the fixed eye, much closer to the tip of the snout than to the gill opening. Scales on both sides of the body are ctenoid and there are typically 10 caudal fin rays. In terms of coloration, the eyed side is reddish-brown, occasionally featuring irregular brown-black patches with a prominent large black blotch on the gill cover.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
On muddy and sandy bottoms at depths
of about 24–204 m.
Environment:
Marine (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:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 485 p.
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