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Scientific Name: Chelonodontops patoca (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: chelonodon patoca (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Milkspotted puffer
Local/Bangla Name: Shadaphota potka (সাদাফোটা পটকা), Dora potka (ডোরা পটকা)
Bonyfish : Chelonodontops patoca

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Description:
D1 10; D 2 absent; P1 17; P 2 absent; A 10. Color greenish-gray to brown on back with large round to ovate white spots; a broad yellow band running from chin to lower caudal-fin base. A patch of spinules on back from behind interorbital nearly to dorsal fin and another on throat and abdomen. Nasal organ in the form of a depression with slightly raised margin expanded before and behind into a pair of elongate flaps.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in the Bay of Bengal and the estuaries.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Reef-associated; anadromous)
Comments:
It is also found in marine envirment
Main References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

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.

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

Habib KA, Neogi AK, Kim CG, Lee YH (2022) Reef Fishes of Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh: An identification book with DNA barcodes. Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh. 273 pp.

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

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

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MK560528  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information