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Scientific Name: Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Cuja Croaker, Croker
Local/Bangla Name: Kuizza poa (কুইজ্জা পোয়া), Java mach (জাভা মাছ), Kuja bhola (কুজা ভোলা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
D1 X+I/27; D2 absent; P1 18; P2 I/6; A II/7. Color of body greenish above and silvery below. Dorsal fin have multiple dusky spots and rest of fin pale color. Body elongated; mouth terminal. Dorsal profile covex. Caudal fin rhomboid.
Second anal spine very long and robust. Scales large. Sacale on lateral line.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in estuaries of Barisal, Patuakhali and Khulna.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic; anadromous)
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.
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