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Scientific Name: Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Pilot fish
Local/Bangla Name: Pilot machh (পাইলট মাছ)
Photo: Phillip et al.(2022)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
No scutes are present on the caudal peduncle. There is a well-developed lateral line along with fleshy keels on each side of the dorsal and ventral peduncle grooves. The head is dark and the body features 5–6 dark, broad bars, including a similar bar at the end of the caudal peduncle. Additionally, there are 3–6 bars that extend through the soft dorsal and anal fin membranes. The rest of the body exhibits a bluish, light, or dusky color with prominent white tips on the upper and lower caudal fin lobes and smaller white tips on the 2nd dorsal and anal fin lobes. most fins appear dusky to dark.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated fish)
Main 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, Bangladesh, 485 p.
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
Heemstra PC, Heemstra E, Ebert DA, Holleman W, Randall JE (2022) COASTAL FISHES OF THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. e South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Makhanda, 6140, South Africa.
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