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Scientific Name: Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)
English Name: Greater lizardfish, Dog-stick, Lizardfish
Local/Bangla Name: Sada anchila macch (সাদা আঁচিলা মাছ), Tiktiki macch (টিকটিকি মাছ), Koniari (কোনিয়ারি)
Labcode: F1703Sb-11
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Description:
D1 I/11; D2 absent; P1 15; P2 9; A 10. Body brownish above, lower sides and belly white; mottled with faint dark cross bands on back, stomach white. Mouth large; teeth in jaws in several rows; pectoral fin reaching to level of ventral fin; auxilIary scale of pectoral fin long and pointed.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
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.
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
