Scientific Name: Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède, 1801
English Name: Double Spotted Queenfish, Talang Queenfish, Leatherskin
Local/Bangla Name: Shurma (সুরমা), Chapa koi (চাপা করি), Chapa (চাপা), Chapa maitta (চাপামাইট্টা)
Labcode: F1703sb-09
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
D1 VII; D2 I/21; P1 19; P2 I/5; A II/17. Body color dusky green above and silvery below with 6 to 9 large oval blotches above on lateral line; 1st two blotches intersecting lateral line; color of pectoral fin pale with dusky blotch; ventral fins white. Body compressed with blunt snout and depression over eyes; upper jaw extending well beyond eye; no scutes; posterior soft dorsal and anal with semi-detached finlets.
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
