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Scientific Name: Butis melanostigma (Bleeker, 1849)
English Name: Black-spotted gudgeon
Local/Bangla Name: Kalo Baila (কালো বাইল্যা)
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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Description:
The fish has an elongated body that is cylindrical anteriorly and compressed posteriorly. Its head is depressed and pointed, with a slightly concave dorsal profile. The lower jaw is longer and prominent, and both jaws are lined with villiform teeth arranged in many rows. The mouth opens above the level of the eye. Both the head and snout are scaled, with auxiliary scales present on most scales of the head and body. The body coloration is typically brownish or blackish-green. There is a scarlet spot at the lower base of the pectoral fin. The head and body also feature dark spots, with those on the cheek radiating from the eye.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Usually found in rivers, creeks and brackish water, particularly where there is vegetation
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.
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