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Scientific Name: Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Bumblebee goby
Local/Bangla Name: Nona baila (নোনা বাইলা)
Bonyfish : Brachygobius nunus

Photo: iNaturalist

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Description:
The body is posteriorly compressed and cylindrical in the anterior region, giving it a small size. The head is obtuse, convex, and slightly depressed. The mouth is oblique, with the upper jaw shorter than the lower jaw. The second dorsal and anal fins are positioned opposite each other and are approximately the same length. The dorsal fin is lower than the body height, and the caudal fin is rounded. The opercle is scaled, featuring 25-27 ctenoid scales in the median lateral series. The body is yellowish-brown with 7 or 8 bands; the first band passes through the eye, the second through the opercle, and the others extend down the body, with the last band located at the caudal base.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in estuaries, mangroves, tidal creeks and freshwater.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; 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.

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