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Scientific Name: Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
English Name: Indo-Pacific tarpon
Local/Bangla Name: Chela mach (চেলা মাছ), Siyela mach (সিয়েলা মাছ), Nanchil mach (নানচিল মাছ)
Bonyfish : Megalops cyprinoides

Labcode: F1612sb18

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Elopiformes
Family: Megalopidae
Description:
D1 19; D2 absent; P1 16; P2 12; A 27. Color of back blue-green and flanks silvery; lateral line golden color. Body fusiform and somewhat compressed with smooth, unkeeled belly. Mouth superior. Upper jaw extending almost to hind border of eye, lower jaw slightly projecting. Gular plate present. Dorsal fins the last ray elongated and filamentous. Scales large.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in estuaries and the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish
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 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.

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