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Scientific Name: Dermogenys brachynotopterus (Bleeker, 1853)
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Fishbase
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Zenarchopteridae
Description:
Shape of body is long and flat. It has a ridge along its upper jaw and many small teeth in several rows on both its upper and lower jaws. Dorsal fin is positioned very far back on its body. The dorsal fin starts above the fifth ray of the anal fin and the base of the anal fin is about two-thirds the length of the base of the dorsal fin. The tail (caudal) fin is round. Two or three of the rays of the anal fin are thick and elongated, forming a reproductive organ called a gonopodium. The top of the fish’s body is brownish or greenish, and its belly is pale yellow or silvery-white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in rivers and estuaries
Environment:
Brackish; pelagic. Tropical
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.