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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)
Rubicusdus eel goby - Raja ceuya (রাজা চেউয়া), Sap baila (সাপ বাইল্যা), Lal chewa (লাল চেওয়া) - Odontamblyopus rubicundus - Type: Bonyfish

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, Brackish (Benthopelagic; amphidromous)
Main 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.

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.

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.

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

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.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
16 S rRNA: MH882462 MH882463
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information