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Scientific Name: Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801)
Synonym: Eleotris fuscus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Dusky sleeper
Local/Bangla Name: Kuli (কুলি), Kulu bele (কুলু বেলে)
Labcode: F1611sb-09
Photo: A. Biju Kumar (Fishes of Australia)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Description:
D1 VI; D2 I/8; P1 17; P2 I/5; A I/8. Color of head, body and fins dark brown; numerous dark horizontal lines on body. Body elongate and compressed; mouth oblique; maxilla extend to below middle of eye. Teeth villiform. Caudal fin rounded. Scales of body ctenoid posteriorly and cycloid anteriorly; head scaled above between and behind eye, on cheeks and opercles; snout and below eye naked.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabit lagoons, estuaries and freshwater. They occur in the lower reaches of freshwater streams, usually on mud bottoms.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish; (Demersal; amphidromous)
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, 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.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
