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Scientific Name: Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1846
English Name: Freckled Goatfish, Bar-tail Goatfish, Blackstriped Goatfish, Spearnose Goatfish
Local/Bangla Name: সোনালি বাটা (Sonali bata), সাগল মাছ( Chagal Machh), Tota bata (তোতা বাটা)
Labcode: ,F1801SM-07
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Mullidae
Description:
There are 20–25 total gill rakers on the 1st gill arch. 12–14 rays in the pectoral fin and 28–31 lateral line scales. The body and head have a white or beige ground color, slightly darker above the lateral line that adorned with irregular red, brown, or black spots and/or blotches. A mid-lateral body stripe in red, brown, or black extends from the tip of the snout through the eye to the caudal base. The 1st dorsal fin has a large blotch on or around its tip and the iris is red. The barbels are yellow, pale brown or orange in fresh fish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coral reef ecosystem of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish (Reef associated fish)
Other References:
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.
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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