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Scientific Name: Setipinna taty (Valenciennes, 1848)
English Name: Scaly hairfin anchovy
Local/Bangla Name: Kata fesha (কাঁটা ফেসা), Ram faisya (রাম ফাইশ্যা), Teli phasa (তেলি ফাসা)
Scaly hairfin anchovy - Kata fesha (কাঁটা ফেসা), Ram faisya (রাম ফাইশ্যা), Teli phasa (তেলি ফাসা) - Setipinna taty - Type: Bonyfish

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Description:
D1 I/2+12; D2 absent; P1 I/12; P2 I/6; A 77. Back color brown or bluish, flanks silvery. Body fusiform, strongly compressed; abdomen sharply keeled. .Snout moderately prominent, bluntly pointed; maxilla short, its tip truncate and just extending to gill-opening. Dorsal-fin origin nearer to snout-tip than to caudal-fin base.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine, Brakish
Main References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

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

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

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.

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

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