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Scientific Name: Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816)
English Name: Mud Skipper
Local/Bangla Name: Chiring (চিড়িং), Chewa (চেওয়া)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Description:
D1 V; D 2 I/29; P1 20; P 2 12; A I/29. Ground color dorsally yellowish to pale
brown to reddish brown and ventrally white; 6-8 dark brown diagonal saddlelike bars are frequently visible on flanks and dorsum; caudal fin yellowish to brownish with many brown speckles; anal, pectoral and pelvic fins translucent
to yellowish to orange. Body elongate and little compressed; base of dorsal and anal fins long. Scale longitudinal, cycloid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
Rahman AKA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (2009) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 24. Marine Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 485 p.
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.
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