Rachycentron canadum - Marine Biodiversity Portal of Bangladesh

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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)

Main References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Other References:

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Saha T, Hossain Z (2021) Molecular characterization of marine and coastal fishes of Bangladesh through DNA barcodes. Ecology and Evolution, 11(9), 3696-3709.

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.

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

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.

Scientific Name: Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)

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