Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskal, 1775)

Local common name: rupali datina (Bangla) Fig. 2d

Material examined.

Bangladesh • 1 specimen; F1602Sb-01 (132 mm SL), Alorkol, Sundarbans, Bagerhat, 21°42.35'N, 89°35.24'E, 12 February 2016, Amit Kumer Neogi .

Diagnostic characters.

Meristics: D-XII, 14; P1-I, 16; P2-I, 5; A-III, 7

Body ovate, compressed, depth 2.7 in standard length. Dorsal profile of head steep, mouth small, maxilla reaching to eye; lips not thickened. Chin with two pores and a median pit. Lateral line with 47 scales; 5 scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin. Body color silver-mauve above and white below; scattered charcoal scale spots on back and upper sides; spots only on body, absent on head and snout; snout dark brown (Fig. 2d).

Distribution.

Pomadasys argenteus is known to occur in Bangladesh (Hussain 1970; Rahman et al. 2009), Myanmar (Hla 1987), and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Rajan et al. 2011). Elsewhere in the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf (Wright 1988; Randall 1995; Froese and Pauly 2020) and India (Talwar and Jhingran 1991; Bijukumar and Sushama 2000). In the western Pacific from southern Japan (Masuda et al. 1984) and the Philippines to northern Australia (Johnson 2010), and New Caledonia (Thollot 1996).

Conservation status.

Listed as 'Least Concern’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Dahanukar et al. 2012).