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Scientific Name: Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)
English Name: Barramundi, Asian seabass
Local/Bangla Name: Koral (কোরাল), Vetki (ভেটকি)
Bonyfish : Lates calcarifer

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Carangaria incertae sedis
Family: Latidae
Description:
D1 VIII/11; D2 absent; P1 17; P2 I/6; A III/8. Color of body olive-brown above with silvery sides and belly; no spots or bars present on fins or body. Eyes bright pink. Body elongate and moderately conlpressed, with a deep caudal peduncle. Head pointed. Operculum with a small spine. Mouth large and slightly oblique, the upper jaw extending to behind eye. Teeth villiform in jaws. Pectoral fins short and rounded. Caudal fin rounded. Scales ctenoid, large.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in estuaries and the Bay of Bengal. Very common in estuaries of Barisal.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; catadromous)
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.

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.

Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p

Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp

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