Scientific Name: Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855
Synonym: Decapterus kurroides(unaccepted) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Redtail scad, Red-Tailed Mackerel Scad
Local/Bangla Name: Lalamburi (লালাম্বুরি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 VIII; D2 I/29; P1 21; P2 I/5; A III/24-26. Body color bluish green above, silvery below; caudal fin bright red. Sometimes a yellow mid-lateral stripe. Opercle with a small black spot. Body elongate, compressed and slender. Upper jaw with minute teeth. Margin of opercular membrane smooth. 31-38 scutes. Two separate dorsal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated fish)
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.
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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