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Scientific Name: Eupleurogrammus muticus (Gray, 1831)
English Name: Smallhead hairtail, Ribbon-Fish
Local/Bangla Name: Chotomatha Churi (ছোটমাথা ছুরি), Churi (ছুরি), Boro churi (বড় ছুরি)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Trichiuridae
Description:
D1 145; D2 absent; P1 12; P2 absent. Color of body steely blue with metallic reflections, becoming silvery gray after death. Body extremely elongate,compressed and tapering to a point. Posterior edge of opercle rounded. Anal fin reduced to minute spinules buried in skin; caudal fin absent; pelvic fins present but reduced to a scale-like process. Lateral line running almost straight along midbody or slightly nearer the ventral contour. Scale minute.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine, Brakish
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.
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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