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Scientific Name: Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848
English Name: Goldspotted grenadier anchovy
Local/Bangla Name: Olua (অলুয়া), Boiragi (বৈরাগী)
Labcode: F1612Sb-36, F1612Sb-72
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Engraulidae
Description:
D1 I/13; D2 absent; P1VI/10; P 27; A 98. Color of back brown, anks, silvery, with distinctive longitudinal rows of golden or pearly spots on lower part. Body elongate, tapering evenly to very slender tail. Belly rather rounded. Snout projecting, pointed. Maxilla (upper jaw) tip pointed. A small, sharp, spine before dorsal origin. Anal very long.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in estuaries and the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish
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, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
