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Scientific Name: Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Largetooth flounder
Local/Bangla Name: Lombadanti serboti (লম্বাদন্তী সেরবতী), Boro dati chepta mach (বড় দাতি চ্যাপ্টা মাছ)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Paralichthyidae
Description:
Body has an ovoid shape. The teeth in the upper jaw are small and closely spaced towards the back. The lower jaw teeth are large and widely spaced, ranging from 8 to 18 on the blind side of the lower jaw. The gill rakers are longer than they are broad, numbering between 9 and 13 on the lower limb of the 1st gill arch. Scales on the side with eyes are ctenoid while those on the blind side are cycloid. The background color of the side with eyes is brownish, featuring a varied pattern of dark spots but always with a large black blotch and one or two smaller dark spots along the lateral line.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
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.
