Scientific Name: Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
English Name: Cobia, Black King Fish
Local/Bangla Name: Shagor Gazar/Shol (সাগর গজার/শোল), Raj gazari (রাজ গজারী)
Labcode: F1602sb-66
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Rachycentridae
Description:
D1 VII/33; D2 absent; P1 21; P2 I/5; A II/27. Back and sides dark brown, with two narrow black bands along the sides: young specimens with two sharply defined narrow silvery bands along the sides; belly yellowish. Body cigar shaped; head broad and depressed. Mouth large, terminal, with projecting lower jaw; two dorsal fins. Caudal fin lunate in adults; caudal fin rounded in young. Scales small, thick leathery skin, lateral line slightly wavy anteriorly.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
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
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.
