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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 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.
