Pomadasys andamanensis McKay et Satapoomin, 1994

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Pomadasys andamanensis McKay et Satapoomin, 1994

Local common name: dagi datina (Bangla) Fig. 2c

Material examined.

Bangladesh • 1 specimen; F1803SM-19 (137 mm SL), Cox's Bazar , Bay of Bengal, Saint Martin’s Island, 20°36'39.6"N, 92°19'37.2"E, 20 April 2018, Amit Kumer Neogi, GenBank: MK340687 .

Diagnostic characters.

Meristics: D-XII, 13-14; P1-18; P2-I, 5; A-III, 8; C-18; LL-50

Body deep, compressed, depth 2.7 in standard length. Snout rounded, scales extending to nostrils; dorsal mouth small, terminal, without fleshy lips; 2 pores and a median pit on the chin. Lateral line single and complete; total gill rakers on first arch 17. Silvery white with 4 horizontal dark brown stripes on the dorsal half of body; anal fin with a dark brown streak covering anterior two-thirds of the soft-rayed portion (Fig. 2c ).

Remarks.

Pomadasys andamanensis is sometimes confused with P. furcatus , but can be distinguished by having four undivided dark brown longitudinal bands versus six to seven longitudinal brown bands in P. furcatus that frequently bifurcate anteriorly and after division longitudinally may number 10 thinner bands ( Psomadakis et al. 2019).

Distribution.

Pomadasys andamanensis is known to occur from Phuket Island, Andaman Sea, Thailand ( McKay and Satapoomin 1994) and Andaman Sea off Myanmar ( Psomadakis et al. 2019). Recently recorded from Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh ( Naznin et al. 2020).

Conservation status.

Not yet assessed, not listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/123439745/123494892)

Figures

Figure 2. Lateral view of collected specimen, a. Plectorhinchus pictus, subspecies Plectorhinchus pictus cinerascens (F 1804 SM- 22; 105 SL mm), striped juvenile phase; b. Plectorhinchus macrospilus (F 1803 SM- 67; 335 mm SL); c. Plectorhinchus andamanensis, (F 1803 SM- 19; 137 mm SL); d. Pomadasys argenteus (F 1602 Sb- 01; 132 mm SL).