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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:
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
