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Scientific Name: Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Bubblefin wrasse
Local/Bangla Name: Sundori (সুন্দরী), Bimbo pakhna sundori (বিম্ব পাখনা সুন্দরী)
Photo: Barry Hutchins(Fishes of Australia)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family: Labridae
Description:
A pale greenish wrasse becoming whitish below with interconnected reddish-brown bars along the sides, pinkish to lavender bands on the head, and an indistinct spot on the spinous dorsal fin.
Females are greenish-brown above with a broad mid-lateral stripe from the snout to the tail base, a series of small pale spots along the midside, and an ocellus on the spinous dorsal fin. Both sexes have a small black spot on the upper part of the pectoral-fin base.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated)
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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