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Scientific Name: Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
English Name: Plaintail turkeyfish, Russell’s Firefish
Local/Bangla Name: Rongila (রঙ্গিলা), Kura mach (কুরা মাছ)
Plaintail turkeyfish, Russell's Firefish - Rongila (রঙ্গিলা), Kura mach (কুরা মাছ) - Pterois russelii - Type: Bonyfish

Labcode: F1702Sb-07

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Description:
D1 XII+I/10; D2 absent; P1 13; P 2 I/5; A III/7. Head and body with numerous reddish-brown bars of variable width, separated by narrow white bars; generally brownish pectoral fins without prominent dark bands; dorsal spines free of membrane except basally; enlarged and wing-like pectoral fins with rays free of membrane distally, unbranched rays.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
Other References:

Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 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.

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.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MK024422  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information