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Scientific Name: Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonym: Exocoetus poecilopterus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Yellow-wing flyingfish
Local/Bangla Name: Fota urukku mach (ফোঁটা উড়ুক্কু মাছ), Uromachh (উড়োমাছ), Fota Ural Machh (ফোঁটা উড়াল মাছ), Urailla (উড়াইল্লা)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
Description:
The upper jaw lacks protrusibility and the lower jaw is slightly shorter than the upper jaw. Palatine teeth are present and there are 23–29 scales before the dorsal fin. Pelvic fins are inserted closer to the hind margin of the head than to the origin of the lower caudal fin lobe. Juveniles do not have barbels on their chin. Head is shorter than the distance between the origin of the dorsal fin and the origin of the upper caudal fin lobe. Dorsal fin is greyish. Pectoral fins are brownish-grey with numerous dark spots arranged in nearly regular transverse bands. The pelvic fins are greyish-brown, sometimes with numerous small dark spots.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Pelagic in neretic surface waters, rare in the open ocean
Environment:
Marine
Main 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, 485 p.
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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