Annotated checklist of ponyfishes (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) from Bangladesh, the northern Bay of Bengal. Issue 6 (8th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sharifuzzaman, S.M.; Rubby, Istiuk Ahammed; Habib, Kazi Ahsan; Kimura, Seishi; Rasid, Md. Harun; Islam, Md. Jayedul; Neogi, Amit Kumer; Hossain, M. Shahadat
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish biology. Volume 99:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 2044
• Page End: 2051
• Publication Date: 2021-09-08
• Subjects: Bay of Bengal -- Leiognathidae -- marine fish -- new record -- taxonomy; Fishes -- Periodicals; Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14890
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1112

Abstract

Abstract: Information on the taxonomy of ponyfishes (Leiognathidae Gill 1893) from Bangladesh was hitherto inadequate and details of some species were lacking. Based on specimens, the present study reports 12 species of ponyfishes from the coasts of Bangladesh with short descriptions of their diagnostic characters. Six of these species, Aurigequula longispina (Valenciennes 1835), Deveximentum megalolepis (Mochizuki & Hayashi 1989), Equulites leuciscus (Günther 1860), Eubleekeria rapsoni (Munro 1964), Gazza rhombea Kimura, Yamashita & Iwatsuki 2000 and Karalla daura (Cuvier 1829), constitute the first records in Bangladesh. The present specimens of D. megalolepis represent the westernmost distribution of this species in the Indo‐Pacific region.