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Scientific Name: Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier, 1829

Synonym: Upeneoides sulphureus (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Sulphur goatfish, Beach goatfish, Yellow goatfish
Local/Bangla Name: Sonali bata (সোনালি বাটা), Holud sonali bata (হলুদ সোনালি বাটা), Tota bata (তোতা বাটা)
Sulphur goatfish, Beach goatfish, Yellow goatfish - Sonali bata (সোনালি বাটা), Holud sonali bata (হলুদ সোনালি বাটা), Tota bata (তোতা বাটা) - Upeneus sulphureus - Type: Bonyfish

Labcode: F1612sb-97,F1703Sb-08

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Mullidae
Description:
D1 VIII; D 2 9; P1 16; P 2 I/5; A I/7. Body color grayish-bronze; head reddish; lower sides and belly pale with two yellowish horizontal stripes on sides; tip of first dorsal fin black; no bars on caudal and anal fins. Body elongate and slightly compressed; dorsal profile of head convex. One pair of short and thin barbels. Scales ctenoid; pre-orbital scales absent.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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

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.

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.

Thompson, P.M. and M.A. Islam, (Eds.) 2010. Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MF611589 MK024428  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information