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Scientific Name: Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)
English Name: Fourfinger threadfin
Local/Bangla Name: Tailla (তাইল্লা)
Labcode: F1611sb-108
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Carangaria incertae sedis
Family: Polynemidae
Description:
D1 VIII; D2 I/15; P 1 4+17; P 2 I/5; A III/17. Color of upper sides of head and trunk with slight darkish silver tinge, becoming lighter on lower sides. Anterior margins of first and second dorsal fins blackish, remaining parts translucent and slightly blackish, respectively; pectoral fin vivid yellow. Body elongate and compressed. Snout projecting; mouth very large with small teeth. Two widely separated dorsal fins. Pectoral fin rays unbranched, the lower four rays free and filamentous. Longest pectoral filament not reaching origin of anal fin. Scales small, ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
In the estuaries and the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic-neritic)
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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