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Scientific Name: Deveximentum ruconius (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Secutor ruconius (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Deep pugnose ponyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Thutuni chanda (থুতুনি চাঁন্দা)
Bonyfish : Deveximentum ruconius

Photo: Uddin et al (2022)

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
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.

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp

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