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Scientific Name: Selar boops (Cuvier, 1833)
English Name: Oxeye Scad
Local/Bangla Name: Fuli Mouri (ফুলি মৌরি), Shitap (শীতাপ), Bonito (বনিতো)
Photo: Deddy Bakhtiar(FishBase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Description:
The eye is very large that are smaller than the snout length and it features a well-developed adipose eyelid which completely covers the eye, leaving only a vertical slit centered on the pupil. The curved part of the lateral line has 21–24 scales and 0–4 scutes while the straight part lacks anterior scales and has 37–46 relatively large scutes. The upper third of the body and the top of the head display a bluish-green to green coloration, while the lower two-thirds of the body and the head appear silvery or whitish. A small elongated, blackish opercular spot is present on the edge near the upper margin and a narrow yellowish stripe may extend from the edge of the opercle to the upper part of the caudal peduncle.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p
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, 485 p.
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM, Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA, Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2022) Department of Fisheries,Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp.
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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