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Scientific Name: Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832)
English Name: Barred Queenfish, Deep queenfish
Local/Bangla Name: Bom-maittya (বম মাইট্টা)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
The body is significantly compressed. In adults, the upper jaw slightly extends beyond the margin of the eye. There are no scutes or caudal peduncle grooves and the 1st gill arch has 11–15 gill rakers. The scales on the midbody below the lateral line are partially embedded and bluntly lanceolate. The coloration is greenish grey dorsally and grey to silvery below. There are 4–8 oval or vertically elongated plumbeous blotches with most intersecting the lateral line. The dorsal and anal fins are dusky to dark, uniformly pigmented while the pectoral fins are yellow and the pelvic fins are white in adults.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
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