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Scientific Name: Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
English Name: Sea-horse, Smooth Seahorse, Yellow Seahorse, Spotted Seahorse
Local/Bangla Name: Samudra Ghora (সমুদ্র ঘোড়া), Ghora Machh ( ঘোড়া মাছ), Shindhu-Ghotok (সিন্ধু-ঘটক)
Sea-horse, Smooth Seahorse, Yellow Seahorse, Spotted Seahorse - Samudra Ghora (সমুদ্র ঘোড়া), Ghora Machh ( ঘোড়া মাছ), Shindhu-Ghotok (সিন্ধু-ঘটক) - Hippocampus kuda - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Description:
D1 17; D2 absent; P1 16; P2 absent; A 4. Body dark brown with scattered dark spots and cross bands on tail. Body rings 11+36 without spines. Snout length 2.4 in head, cornet low, divided distally; tubercles on body rings; dorsal fin located above last two body rings and first two tail rings.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
In coastal areas on seagrass, also in sandy and coral areas
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef-associated)
Main References:

Habib KA, Neogi AK, Kim CG, Lee YH (2022) Reef Fishes of Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh: An identification book with DNA barcodes. Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh. 273 pp.

Other References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 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

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.

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

Thompson PM, Islam MA (eds) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin's Island, United Nati Development Programme, Dhaka. 152. and Islam 1970

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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