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Scientific Name: Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847
English Name: Indian pellona
Local/Bangla Name: Faissa (ফাইস্যা), Choukka mach (চৌক্কা মাছ)
Photo: Hamid Badar Osmany (FishBase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Description:
The belly displays 26–28 scutes. A toothed hypomaxilla is present. The scales have upper and lower vertical striae that slightly overlap at the center of each scale. Swim bladder lacks a posterior tube (or tubes) extending into the body muscles. Head has a gold hue with the snout and chin appearing dusky. Body is dusky above, gold on the flanks, and silvery below.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in estuaries and Bay of Bengal. Enters tidal rivers.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish, Freshwater
Comments:
It is an anadromous fish. Also found in marine environment
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.
