Scientific Name: Sicamugil cascasia (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym: Sicamugil cascasia, Minimugil cascasia (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Yellowtail mullet
Local/Bangla Name: Kachki bata (কাচকি বাটা), Kechi kholla (কেচি খল্লা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Description:
Body is moderately compressed anteriorly and deeply compressed posteriorly. Body surface greyish in color. Upper third of body with minute black dots, silvery white below. Color of opercle is golden.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabit upper reaches of rivers.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal; potamodromous)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.
