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Scientific Name: Ilisha filigera (Valenciennes, 1847)
English Name: Coromandel ilisha
Local/Bangla Name: Boro cokkha ilish (বড় চোক্ষা ইলিশ), Boro choukka (বড় চৌক্কা), Choukka mach (চৌক্কা মাছ), Faissa (ফাইস্যা)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Description:
The body is moderately slender and the belly is adorned with 23 to 26 scutes in the front and 11 to 13 in the rear, totaling 34 to 38 scutes. Eye is large and the lower jaw projects. The dorsal fin originates around the midpoint of the body or slightly behind it. The anal fin has its origin below the base of the dorsal fin. The swim bladder features a single long tube that extends back down the right side of the body above the base of the anal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in coastal waters, apparently entering estuaries.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic-neritic)
Comments:
It is an anadromous fish. Also found in marine environment
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
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