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Scientific Name: Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790)
English Name: Fourlined Terapon, Four-barred Grunt, Trumpeter Fish, Tigerfish Croaker
Local/Bangla Name: Barguni (বরগুনি)
Photo: FishBase
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Terapontidae
Description:
The anal fin has 3 spines and 9–11 soft rays, with the 2nd anal spine subequal to the 3rd and shorter than the longest anal rays. The body is silvery grey dorsally and silvery white ventrally, with 4–6 narrow, dark brown stripes on the body. The spiny part of the dorsal fin and the area behind the gill opening have blotches, and the mouth and gill cavity appear red in life.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
