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Scientific Name: Rhynchorhamphus georgii (Valenciennes, 1847)
English Name: George’s Half beak, Long billed Half beak
Local/Bangla Name: Ek-thuitta (এক ঠুইট্টা), Ek-thute (এক ঠুটে), Thutta (ঠুট্টা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Description:
D1 15; D2 absent; P1 11; P2 6; A 14. Body pale with a narrow lateral silvery band; fins hyaline; dorsal and caudal fin margins dusky. An elongate fish with greatly prolonged, beak like lower jaw. Height of body 10 to 13 in total length; the height of head equal to its length behind the middle of eye; pre-orbital slightly longer than height; teeth in upper jaw in a band tapering posteriorly, those on the lower jaw in a narrow band tapering anteriorly; caudal deeply forked.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish, Freshwater
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.
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.
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