Scientific Name: Deveximentum ruconius (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym: Secutor ruconius (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Deep pugnose ponyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Thutuni chanda (থুতুনি চাঁন্দা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Leiognathidae
Description:
The fish has a silvery body with a naked head, featuring a nuchal spine. The mouth is protracted and points upward, with the tip of the maxilla reaching to about the level of the lower margin of the eye. The lateral line terminates around the middle of the soft dorsal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in estuaries and the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; amphidromous)
Comments:
It is also found in marine envirment
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.
Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.
