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Scientific Name: Pampus candidus (Cuvier, 1829)
English Name: Silver Pomfret
Local/Bangla Name: Folichanda ( ফলিচাঁন্দা), Silver rupchanda (সিলভার রূপচাঁন্দা)
Photo: Roul et al (2021)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Stromateidae
Description:
Body is deep, compressed and has an oval shape. It is covered with tiny, deciduous cycloid scales. The head is compressed and the dorsal profile is strongly keeled with a more pronounced keel behind the eye. The mouth is small and terminal, with a curved downward posterior slit reaching the middle of the eye. The upper jaw is immovable and covered with skin, featuring minute teeth. However, there are no teeth on the vomer and palatine. The pectoral fins are long and the dorsal and anal fin base lengths are almost equal. The caudal fin is deeply forked.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Demersal on the continental shelf to
about 80 m
Environment:
Marine, Brakish
Main 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
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