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Scientific Name: Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823)
English Name: Indian anchovy
Local/Bangla Name: Dora fesha (ডোরা ফেসা), Fesha (ফেসা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Description:
D1 16; D2 absent; P115; P2 7; A 20. Body light transparent fleshy brown, with
a silver stripe down flanks; no dark pigment lines on back between head and
dorsal fin. Body fusiform, nearly cylindrical; belly rounded with 3 to 5 needle
like scutes between pectoral and pelvic fins; snout prominent, rather pointed;
maxillary tip jointed not reaching to anterior border: of pre-operculum.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine
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.
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.
