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Scientific Name: Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonym: liza subviridis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Greenback mullet
Local/Bangla Name: Sobuj bata (সবুজ বাটা), Bata (বাটা )
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Description:
D1 IV; D2 I/9; P1 15; P2 I/5; A III/9. Color of head and body silvery, darkened dorsally; dusky longitudinal stripes on body; caudal fin bluish with dusky narrow margin. Body moderately robust and compressed posteriorly; no elongate scale above pectoral-fin base. Head width subequal to depth, flattened dorsally; adipose eyelid weakly developed posteriorly, not covering iris. Second dorsal and anal fins pointed but not falcate; caudal fin emarginate. Scales ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Form schools in shallow coastal waters and enters lagoons, estuaries, and fresh water to feed. Juveniles may enter rice fields and mangroves.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
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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