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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:
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.
