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Scientific Name: Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1851
English Name: Shortfin scad
Local/Bangla Name: Narkeli Mach (নারকেলী মাছ)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
The posterior margin of the upper jaw is concave above, rounded and extended below. Pectoral fins are short with the tip of appressed fins falling considerably short of a vertical line from the 2nd dorsal fin origin. The straight part of the lateral line typically has 14–29 scales and 24–40 scutes. The oral valve at the symphysis of the upper jaw is dusky or transparent. The coloration is metallic blue above and silvery below with a small black blotch on the margin of the opercle near the upper edge. The dorsal fin lobe may sometimes be dark distally, while other fins are mostly pale.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
