Scientific Name: Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)
English Name: Lattice blaasop, Oblong blow fish
Local/Bangla Name: Sunoyona potka (সুনয়না পটকা), Dora potka (ডোরা পটকা)
Labcode: F1612sb189, F1612Sb-123, F1612sb123
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Description:
D1 13; D2 absent; P1 16; P2 absent; A 11. Color of body brown dorsally and
white ventrally; many transverse white bands on back from snout to caudal
peduncle. Body relatively elongate covered with spinules. Nostrils with 2
openings.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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, Bangladesh, 485 p.
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
