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Scientific Name: Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795)
English Name: Bloch’s gizzard shad
Local/Bangla Name: Khoira (খইরা), Bou rong (বৌ রং)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 17; D2 absent; P1 15; P 2 8; A 22. Color of back black greenish, flanks silvery, with a dark patch on shoulder and dark longitudinalstreaks along upper row of scales. Fins yellowish. 4 black spots behind gill openings. Oblong, compressed and deep. Snout obtuse, prominent, shorter than the eye. Maxillary reaches anterior part of eye. Lower jaw strongly flared outward. Moth small, inferior. Hind edge of scales distinctly toothed. Premaxilla short, maxilla expanded s at tip and turned downward. Upper jaw with a distinct median notch. Last ray of dorsal fin prolonged, filamentous. Branchiostegal rays 6 in number.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in estuaries and coastal areas, occasionally ascending into the upper reaches of the tidal zone.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic-neritic)
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.
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