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Scientific Name: Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Duckbill sleeper
Local/Bangla Name: Baila (বাইলা)
Labcode: F1611Sb-145
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Description:
D1 V+I; D2 I/8; P1 22; P2 5; A I/8. Color of body dark, head and body with reddish spots, first dorsal black with red tip; other fins dusky; base of pectoral with black spot. Body elongate, slightly compressed; head pointed and depressed; lower jaw prominent; maxilla extend to below anterior margin of eye; teeth in many rows; outer rows in both jaws enlarged; 2-3 pores on posterior margin of pre-opercle. Caudal fin obtuse. Body scaly; ctenoid scales between eye and orbital crest.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in the estuaries and the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
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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