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Scientific Name: Pterotolithus maculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Synonym: Otolithus maculatus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Blotched Tiger-toothed croaker, Spotted jew fish, Spotted croaker
Local/Bangla Name: Guti poa (গুটি পোয়া), Lombu (লম্বু), Tiger poa (টাইগার পোয়া)
Labcode: F1702sb38,F1702Sb-38
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
D1 X+I/30; D 2 absent; P 1 17; P 2 I/5; A I/10. Color of body greyish above,
silvery on flanks and belly, upper part of body and dorsal fin with numerous
black patches. Body size large and slender species, with head profilee low and
only slightly curved; mouth large and strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting.
Caudal fin rhomboid. Scales cycloid and in very irregular rows; lateral line
scales reaching to tip of caudal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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, Bangladesh, 485 p.
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p
