(Right now the "Previous" and "Next" doesn't maintain serial. We're working to getting it fixed,)

Scientific Name: Nandus meni Hossain & Sarker, 2013
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Bonyfish : Nandus meni

Photo: Hossain MS (Fishbase)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Nandidae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 – 18. This species is distinguished by the following characters: TL 114.1-142.4 mm, SL 94.1-117.3 mm, body depth at anus 29.0-32.9% of SL, head length (HL) 39.6-42.2% of SL; dark spot on the caudal peduncle; concave ventral portion of the body; gill arch V-shape; body colour , greenish; pectoral fin rays 9-11; snout length 24.5-33.1% of HL; eye diameter 18.1-20.4% of HL; differs from its congeners in body colour, smaller eyes, a concave ventral body, a V-shaped gill arch and a dark spot on the caudal peduncle.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Widely distributed in ponds, ditches, canals, flooded rice fields, swamps, marshes, waterlogged areas and rivers.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic)
Main References:

Hossain MS, Sarker S (2013) New species of leaf fish Nandus meni (Perciformes: Nandidae) from Noakhali, Bangladesh. Zoology and Ecology. 10.1080/21658005.2013.817517.

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

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

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.

Froese R, Pauly D (Editors) (2024) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2024).

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Other Information