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Scientific Name: Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849)
English Name: Scribbled goby
Local/Bangla Name: Dorakata bele (ডোরাকাটা বেলে)
Bonyfish : Awaous grammepomus

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Description:
Body is elongated, sub-cylindrical anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Two oblique black streaks occur from eye to maxillary. Upper part of body with irregular blackish streaks. Caudal fin with transverse blackisk streaks. Dorsal fin with 5-6 rows of dots. A black spot is present at posterior superior angle of opercle. Color of body is greyish above, whitish below.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in streams and rivers. Enters estuaries. Usually associated with streams having a gravel or sand substrates.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic; amphidromous)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MK988544  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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