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Scientific Name: Odontamblyopus rubicundus (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym: Odontamblyopus rubicondus (Fanning) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Rubicusdus eel goby
Local/Bangla Name: Raja ceuya (রাজা চেউয়া), Sap baila (সাপ বাইল্যা), Lal chewa (লাল চেওয়া)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Description:
D1 VI/39; D2 absent; P1 30; P2 I/5; A I/35. Color greenish-oblive above and lighter below; Caudal fin black, other fins reddish. Body very elongated, eel like. Head sub-cylindrical compressed. Eye small. Mouth oblique; teeth biserial on upper jaw with 4 canines on each side. A row of 3 short barbels on each side below head. Anal and caudal fin continuous; caudal fin long and pointed. Caudal blackish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine, Brakish (Benthopelagic; amphidromous)
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, Bangladesh, 485 p.
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
