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Scientific Name: Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849)
English Name: Broad-mouthed mullet
Local/Bangla Name: Bashpata Bata (বাশপাতা বাটা), Bata mach (বাটা মাছ)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Description:
D IV+9; A III, 9; P1 13-15; LR 24-26. Body deep compressed posteriorly. Head wider than deep, flattened dorsally; adipose eyelid poorly developed; hind tip of maxilla exposed when mouth closed. Second dorsal and anal fins pointed but not falcate; caudal fin emarginage. Scales ctenoid. Color: head and body silvery, greenish or olive brown dorsally; 5-6 indistinct, dusky longitudinal stripes on body; margin of caudal fins slightly darkish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in seas, estuaries, and rivers.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
Comments:
It is also found in marine envirment
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
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