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Scientific Name: Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)
English Name: Zig-zag eel
Local/Bangla Name: Shal baim (শাল বাইম), Baim (বাইম)
Bonyfish : Mastacembelus armatus

Photo: Ramani Shirantha (Fishbase)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 33 – 40; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-82; Anal soft rays: 67 – 83; Vertebrae: 87 – 98. Body dull brown with 1-3 darker, longitudinal zigzag lines, more or less connected to form a reticulated pattern, more or less distinct and restricted to the dorsal two thirds of the body.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Distributed in rivers, canals, beels, ponds and inundated fields.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
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 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.

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KT762364  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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Other Information