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Scientific Name: Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym: Bola cuja (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Cuja Croaker, Croker
Local/Bangla Name: Kuizza poa (কুইজ্জা পোয়া), Java mach (জাভা মাছ), Kuja bhola (কুজা ভোলা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
D1 X+I/27; D2 absent; P1 18; P2 I/6; A II/7. Color of body greenish above and
silvery below. Dorsal fin have multiple dusky spots and rest of fin pale color.
Body elongated; mouth terminal. Dorsal profile covex. Caudal fin rhomboid.
Second anal spine very long and robust. Scales large. Sacale on lateral line.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic; anadromous)
Other References:
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
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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