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Scientific Name: Otolithoides pama (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Bola pama, Pama pama (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Pama croaker
Local/Bangla Name: Poa (পোয়া), Leijja Poa (লেইজ্জা পোয়া)
Bonyfish : Otolithoides pama

Labcode: F1602sb-49-1

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family: Sciaenidae
Description:
D1 IX+I/43; D 2 absent; P1 17; P 2 I/5; A II/7. Color of body brown along back and white beneath; fin yellowish. Body elongated; head ovoid; rounded snout. Size of eye small; mouth large terminal. Dorsal fin weakly notched and dorsal fin rather weak. Body size medium Scales small cycloid on head and breast, elsewhere weakly ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Live in the estuaries and Bay of Bengal. Enters rivers far inland.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic; amphidromous)
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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