Scientific Name: Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Bombay-duck, Bummalo, Lizard Fish
Local/Bangla Name: Loitta (লইট্টা), Lotia (লটিয়া), Nehari (নেহারি), Bummalo (বুমালো)
Labcode: F1611Sb-15
Photo: iNaturalist
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Description:
D1 12; D2 absent; P1 11; P2 9; A 13. Color uniform light grey, speckled with black, translucid when alive; fins dark. Body elongate, somewhat compressed and soft. Eyes very small, covered by adipose membrane; snout very short. Mouth very wide, armed with slender, recurved and depressible teeth of unequal size; palatine teeth also large and depressible; lower jaw longer than upper. A conspicuous adipose fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Benthopelagic. Inhabits deepwater offshore sandy bottoms
Environment:
Marine, Brakish
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of
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.
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM, Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA, Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2022) Department of Fisheries,Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp.
