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Scientific Name: Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)
English Name: Blacktip sardinella
Local/Bangla Name: Chandana ilish (চন্দনা ইলিশ), Kalotip takiya ( কালটিপ তাকিয়া)
Blacktip sardinella - Chandana ilish (চন্দনা ইলিশ), Kalotip takiya ( কালটিপ তাকিয়া) - Sardinella melanura - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 15; D2 absent; P1 13 P2 8; A 19. Color blue green above, sides silvery and tips of caudal fin dark black. Body fusiform, slightly compressed; belly strongly keeled with scutes. Dorsal fin origin slightly before midpoint of body; anal base slightly longer than dorsal base, its origin slightly nearer to caudal than to pelvic origin; pelvic fin origin below anterior half of dorsal fin; caudal forked; scales cycloid; pre-dorsal scales paired and overlapping.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine
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:

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.

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

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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