Scientific Name: Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829
English Name: Pickhandle barracuda, Banded or Indian barracuda
Local/Bangla Name: Jati Dharkuta (জাতি দারকুটা), Darkuta (দারকুটা)
Labcode: F1702Sb-01
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
Description:
D1 V; D2 1+9; P 1 2+13 ; P 2 I/5; A II/8. Color of head and body dusky yellow- green above, silvery below; 10 to 20 vertical dusky cross-bars of a serpentine pattern on back; fading below lateral line. All fins dusky, except pelvic fins. Body elongate, fusiform and slightly compressed; head large with long pointed snout. Edge of preoperculum smoothly round, no produced flap. Mouth targe, the maxilla reaches to level of front edge of eye. Two widely separated dorsal fins. Caudal fin typically forked.
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, 485 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.
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y. Marine Fishes of Bangladesh (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
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