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Scientific Name: Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
English Name: Spotted scat
Local/Bangla Name: Bishtara (বিশতারা), Chitra chanda (চিত্রা চাঁন্দা), Payra (পায়রা)
Labcode: F1812ME-03
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Scatophagidae
Description:
D1 XI/17; D 2 absent; P1 17; P 2 I/5; A IV/15. Body color dusky brown above and silvery below; numerous large round brown spots on body except for breast and belly, these spots may extend onto the soft dorsal fin; all fins
slightly dusky. Body quadrangular and strongly compressed; forehead steep. Mouth small with brush like teeth. A procumbent spine present before dorsal spine; dorsal fin notched; caudal truncate. Scales ctenoid.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits estuaries and lower reaches of freshwater streams.
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.
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.
