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Scientific Name: Awaous guamensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: BOLD
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Description:
The body is elongated, sub-cylindrical in the anterior region, and compressed posteriorly. It features a large tapering head that is obtusely convex. The mouth is slightly oblique, with thick lips, and the maxilla extends to below the anterior margin of the eye. The opercle and pre-opercle have a few cycloid scales and are often naked. There are 53-54 ctenoid scales in the median lateral series, with 15-16 rows between the origins of the second dorsal and anal fins. Scales on the belly are cycloid. The body color is yellowish-grey above and white below. The first dorsal fin has 4-5 longitudinal lines of spots, and the second dorsal fin has 7-8. The caudal fin is rounded with vertical streaks formed by spots. The pectoral fin is as long as the caudal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in lowland streams and rivers. Also burry in river beds.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; amphidromous)
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.
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