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Scientific Name: Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822
Synonym: Mastacembelus pancalus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Barred spiny eel
Local/Bangla Name: Chokra baim (চকরা বাইম), Chirka baim (চিরকা বাইম)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 24 – 26; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30-42; Anal soft rays: 31 – 46
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits slow and shallow waters of rivers of plains and estuaries. Also found in rivers, canals, beels, ponds and inundated fields.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic)
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.
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
