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Scientific Name: Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Bartail flathead
Local/Bangla Name: Sagor baila (সাগর বাইলা), Mur baila (মুর বাইলা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Description:
The fish has an elongate body with a strongly depressed head, featuring smooth bony ridges. The iris lappet is a simple elongated lobe, and there are 2 preopercular spines, with the upper slightly shorter than the lower. There are 7–10 (usually 8 or 9) total gill rakers on the 1st gill arch, and lateral line scales have a single opening to the exterior. Vomerine teeth are arranged in one transverse patch, a characteristic of all Platycephalus species. The coloration is brownish or greyish above, whitish below, with small dark blotches on the back and head. The pectoral and pelvic fins have numerous brown blotches, and the caudal fin is centrally yellow with black stripes on the upper and lower margins.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish ( Reef-associated; oceanodromous)
Other References:
Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
