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Scientific Name: Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton, 1822
English Name: Long tongue sole
Local/Bangla Name: Lomba Pata Mach (লম্বা পাতা মাছ), Lomba kukur jib (লম্বা কুকুর জিব)
Photo: flickr
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Cynoglossidae
Description:
Body is elongated and the eyes are set apart by a small interorbital space. The snout is bluntly pointed. Scales are relatively large, being ctenoid on the eyed side of the body and cycloid on the blind side. There are typically 10 caudal fin rays. In terms of coloration, the eyed side is reddish-brown, occasionally displaying irregular brown-black patches and there is a sizable black blotch on the gill cover.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Mainly on muddy and sandy bottoms
on the inner continental shelf, often entering
estuaries.
Environment:
Marine, Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; amphidromous)
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:
Thompson PM, Islam MA (eds) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin's Island, United Nati Development Programme, Dhaka. 152. and Islam 2010
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
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