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Scientific Name: Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
English Name: Flathead grey mullet
Local/Bangla Name: Khorul bata (খরুল বাটা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Description:
D1 IV; D2 I/8; P1 15; P2 I/5; A III/8. Color back blue or green, flanks and belly pale or silvery; scales on back and flanks usually streaked to form longitudinal stripes; dark pectoral axillary blotch. Body stout, cylindrical in cross-section, slightly compressed; head broad and flattened. Well developed adipose eyelid. Labial teeth of upper jaw small, straight, dense, usually in several rows; mouth cleft ending below posterior nostril. Two dorsal fins. Scales ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in estuaries and tidal rivers of Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic)
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, 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.
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