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Scientific Name: Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788)
English Name: Chinese pomfret, Chinese silver pomfret, Grey pomfret
Local/Bangla Name: Rup Chanda (রুপচান্দা), Chinese Rupchanda (চাইনিজ রুপচান্দা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Stromateidae
Description:
D1 46; D2 absent; P1 25; P 2 absent; A 43. body grey brown on back, merging to silvery white towards belly. Fins dusky. Body very deep and compressed. Eye with narrow adipose lid. Small teeth in a single row in both jaws. Single dorsal fin; dorsal and anal fins not falcate. No spines before the median fins. Caudal fin emarginate, slightly forked in adults.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inshore, demersal on the continental shelf over muddy bottoms; sometimes enters estuaries.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Benthopelagic; amphidromous)
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
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.
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
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