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Scientific Name: Leptomelanosoma indicum (Shaw, 1804)
Synonym: Polydactylus indicus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Indian Threadfin
Local/Bangla Name: Lakkha (লাক্ষা), Lakhua (লাখুয়া), Taila (তাইলা)
Labcode: F1703sb14 , F1703Sb-14
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Polynemidae
Description:
D1 VII; D 2 I/13; P 1 14; P 2 I/5; A II/12. Color of head and upper sides of trunk tinged slightly blackish brown; snout and abdominal regions blackish; membranes of first and second dorsal fins and caudal fin blackish, distal part of these fins black; pectoral-fin membrane deep black; pelvic-fin origin dusky yellowish, other parts dusky white. Body and head elongate. Adipose eyelid moderately developed; eye diameter approximately equal to or greater than snout length. Teeth villiform. Pectoral filaments 5; firrst filament shortest, not reaching to level of pelvic-fin origin; fifth filament longest. Caudal fin deeply forked, upper and lower caudal-fin lobes very long, filamentous. Scales small, ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs mainly over shallow muddy and sandy bottoms of the continental shelf
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, 485 p.
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p
