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Scientific Name: Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
English Name: Blackspot Threadfin
Local/Bangla Name: Kalofota tailla (কালোফোঁটা তাইল্লা), Kala tailla (কালা তাইল্লা), Sona tailla (সোনা তাইল্লা)
Labcode: F1703sb-10
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Polynemidae
Description:
D1 VIII; D 2 I/13; P 1 14 + 6; P 2 I/5; A II/13. Color of body golden-olive above and silvery on sides and below; a large black blotch at beginning of lateral line. Fins yellowish with black spots. Body oblong and sliglhtly compressed. Snout projecting; mouth, large, with small teeth in jaws and palatines, no teeth on vomer. Eye large. Pectoral fin in two parts, upper part with nearly all rays branched, lower part with 6 free filamentous rays of which the upper 2 are longest and extending; to tip of pelvic fin. Caudal fin forked. Scales small, ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
