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Scientific Name: Dermogenys pusilla Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823

Synonym: Dermogenys pussilus (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Wrestling halfbeak
Local/Bangla Name: Ek Thota (এক ঠোঁটা)
Bonyfish : Dermogenys pusilla

Photo: Hippocampus-Bildarchiv (Fishabse)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Zenarchopteridae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 3-4/6; P1. 10; P2. 1/5; A. 3-4/11-12. It has elongated and slightly compressed body. Upper jaw short, triangular, without a mesial keel. Villiform teeth are present in many rows on both jaws. Dorsal fin originates above 6th or 7th ray of anal. Caudal fin is rounded. Color of the body is olive-brown or brownish grey with more or less red on flanks, paler to nearly white on belly; males with a clear red spot on pelvic fins.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in rivers where they may be seen swimming at the surface near the banks.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic-neritic)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

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

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.

Froese R, Pauly D (Editors) (2024) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2024).

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