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Scientific Name: Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Rough Flathead
Local/Bangla Name: Mur baila (মুর বাইলা)
Labcode: F1602sb-44,F1602sb-44-2, F1602sb-44-3
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Description:
D1 IX; D2 11; P1 22; P2 I/5; A 12. Body grey dorsally and whitish below:
black regular dots along lateral line, head and body. First dorsal fin clouded
with black; soft dorsal fin and anal fin rays with rows of black dots. Caudal fins
dusky and black. Body robust and subcylindrical, teeth villiform. Preopercular
spine short, two dorsal fins. Lateral line spiny along its entire length.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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.
Thompson, PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island,United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 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.
