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Scientific Name: Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822
English Name: Gray eel-catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Sagor magur ( সাগর মাগুর), Gang magur (গ্যাং মাগুর), Kain magur (কাইন মাগুর), Kaun mach (কাউন মাছ)
Labcode: F1511sb-23
Photo: Mahalder B (Fishbase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae
Description:
The profile is straight from the tip of the snout to the origin of the dorsal fin. Anterior nostrils are positioned at the end of the snout on the edge of the upper lip. Eyes are small. Both the nasal and maxillary barbels are long, extending at least to the base of the pectoral fin. The total number of fin rays in the continuous median fins ranges from 247 to 281. In terms of coloration, it is a plain dusky brown with a black tip on the dorsal fin. At night, there is a banded pattern.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in estuaries and Bay.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish
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.
