Bay of Bengal

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Seas

Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)

Creole damsel (Pomacentrus agassizii)

Two-striped sweetlips (Plectorhinchus albovittatus)

One-spot damselfish (Chrysiptera unimaculata)

Spotted soapfish (Pogonoperca punctata)

Lemonfish (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus)

Russell's snapper (Lutjanus russellii)

Blue-and-yellow grouper (Epinephelus flavocaeruleus)

Blackspotted rubberlip (Plectorhinchus gaterinus)

Blacktail snapper (Lutjanus fulvus)

Yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti)

Epaulet grouper (Epinephelus stoliczkae)

Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula)

Yellowbanded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus)

Black and white snapper (Macolor niger)

Bowtie damselfish (Neoglyphidodon melas)

Spikey bass (Hypopterus macropterus)

Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra)

Harry hotlips (Plectorhinchus gibbosus)

Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis)

Waigieu seaperch (Psammoperca waigiensis)

Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)

Ribboned sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia)

Spinecheek anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus)

Emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

Sailfin snapper (Symphorichthys spilurus)

Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

Comet grouper (Epinephelus morrhua)

Coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata)

Two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)

Masked grouper (Gracila albomarginata)

Butterfly perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera)

False scorpionfish (Centrogenys vaigiensis)

Slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus)

Roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Dory snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma)

Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Spotted coralgrouper (Plectropomus maculatus)

One-spot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma)

Goldribbon soapfish (Aulacocephalus temminckii)

Peacock hind (Cephalopholis argus)

Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Goldenstriped soapfish (Grammistes sexlineatus)

One-blotch grouper (Epinephelus melanostigma)

Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)

Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides)

Two-spot banded snapper (Lutjanus biguttatus)

Smallspotted grunter (Pomadasys commersonnii)

Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)

Darkfin hind (Cephalopholis urodeta)

Common bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)

Randall’s tilefish (Hoplolatilus randalli)

Blubberlip snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus)

Blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus)

Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)

Painted sweetlip (Plectorhinchus picus)

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Gladius sea chub (Kyphosus gladius)

Coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)

Brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

Arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)

Blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)

Bermuda sea chub (Kyphosus sectatrix)

Longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)

Western footballer (Neatypus obliquus)

Dwarf hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco)

Western buffalo bream (Kyphosus cornelii)

Spotted hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus)

Gadiformes - Cods

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

South African zebra seabream (Diplodus hottentotus)

Longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)

Oman seabream (Diplodus omanensis)

Red Sea seabream (Diplodus noct)

Goldlined seabream (Rhabdosargus sarba)

Twobar seabream (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus)

Black-streaked monocle bream (Scolopsis taeniata)

Australasian Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)

Two-lined monocle bream (Scolopsis bilineata)

Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Cheeklined wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma)

Purple tuskfish (Choerodon cephalotes)

Klunzinger’s wrasse (Thalassoma rueppellii)

Yellowbreasted wrasse (Anampses twistii)

Redbreasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus)

Blackeye thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus)

Mental wrasse (Oxycheilinus mentalis)

Abudjubbe wrasse (Cheilinus abudjubbe)

Barred thicklip (Hemigymnus fasciatus)

Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

Red Sea thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus sexfasciatus)

Baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens)

Fivefinger razorfish (Iniistius pentadactylus)

Patrician wrasse (Pictilabrus laticlavius)

Broomtail wrasse (Cheilinus lunulatus)

Blue-spotted wrasse (Anampses caeruleopunctatus)

Yellowblotch razorfish (Iniistius aneitensis)

Peacock wrasse (Iniistius pavo)

Daisy parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus)

African wrasse (Coris cuvieri)

Spottail coris (Coris caudimacula)

Western king wrasse (Coris auricularis)

False senator wrasse (Pictilabrus viridis)

Bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius)

Canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)

Palebar hogfish (Bodianus atrolumbus)

Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus)

Lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)

Tail-spot wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)

Axilspot hogfish (Bodianus axillaris)

Splitlevel hogfish (Bodianus mesothorax)

Zigzag wrasse (Halichoeres scapularis)

Diana’s hogfish (Bodianus diana)

Green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)

Dusky wrasse (Halichoeres marginatus)

Quoy's parrotfish (Scarus quoyi)

Orange-dotted tuskfish (Choerodon anchorago)

Sling-jaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)

Lined hogfish (Bodianus leucosticticus)

Rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus)

Jansen’s wrasse (Thalassoma jansenii)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Masked spinefoot (Siganus puellus)

Foxface rabbitfish (Siganus vulpinus)

Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish (Chaetodon ulietensis)

Blackspot sergeant (Abudefduf sordidus)

Dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus)

Magnificent rabbitfish (Siganus magnificus)

Yellowtail angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthurus)

Redtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare)

Threespot angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus)

Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis)

Blackeye rabbitfish (Siganus puelloides)

Old woman angelfish (Pomacanthus rhomboides)

Yellowtail sergeant (Abudefduf notatus)

Blue-spotted spinefoot (Siganus corallinus)

Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)

Whitemargin unicornfish (Naso annulatus)

Blue-girdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus)

Bengal sergeant (Abudefduf bengalensis)

Brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus)

Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis)

Arabian angelfish (Pomacanthus asfur)

False-eye sergeant (Abudefduf sparoides)

Orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus)

Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)

Yellowface angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens)

Blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula)

Orangespot surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus)

Short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris)

Spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata)

Sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal)

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)

Semicircled angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus)

Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)

Powderblue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon)

Bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)

Canary drum (Umbrina canariensis)

Goldtail angelfish (Pomacanthus chrysurus)

Scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus)

Banded sergeant (Abudefduf septemfasciatus)

Elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata)

Soldier croaker (Nibea soldado)

Whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans)

Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)

Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus)

Lined surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus)

Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)

Barhead spinefoot (Siganus virgatus)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)

Bluetail trunkfish (Ostracion cyanurus)

Pinktail triggerfish (Melichthys vidua)

Broom filefish (Amanses scopas)

Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

Orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)

Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

Slender-spined porcupine fish (Diodon nicthemerus)

Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)

Rough leatherjackets (Scobinichthys granulatus)

White-banded triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)

Six-spined leatherjacket (Meuschenia freycineti)

Black triggerfish (Melichthys niger)

Valentin’s sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini)

Spotted sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster solandri)

Stellate puffer (Arothron stellatus)

Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)

White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata)

Devil firefish (Pterois miles)

Southern bluespotted flathead (Platycephalus speculator)

Ryukyu gurnard (Lepidotrigla ryukyuensis)

Streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)

Estuarine stonefish (Synanceia horrida)

Wispy waspfish (Paracentropogon longispinis)

Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus)

Red sea lionfish (Pterois cincta)

Bearded scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis barbata)

Tentacled flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps)

African lionfish (Pterois mombasae)

Istiophoriformes - Barracudas

Yellowtail barracuda (Sphyraena flavicauda)

Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Napoleon snake eel (Ophichthus bonaparti)

Yellowmouth moray (Gymnothorax nudivomer)

Turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris)

Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)

Yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus)

Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus)

Fimbriated moray (Gymnothorax fimbriatus)

Gymnothorax undulatus (Gymnothorax undulatus)

Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra)

Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor)

Laced moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)

Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis)

Starry moray (Echidna nebulosa)

Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Narrow-barred spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)

Silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Torpedo scad (Megalaspis cordyla)

Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata)

Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)

Longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana)

Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)

Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Black marlin (Istiompax indica)

Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)

Striped marlin (Kajikia audax)

Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)

Orange-spotted trevally (Carangoides bajad)

Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus)

Gold-saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus)

Blue-striped mullet (Upeneichthys lineatus)

Dash-and-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)

Manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders

Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Southern garfish (Hyporhamphus melanochir)

Hound needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)

Flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

South African mullet (Chelon richardsonii)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Latticed sandperch (Parapercis clathrata)

Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma)

Reticulated sandperch (Parapercis tetracantha)

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Rippled rockskipper (Istiblennius edentulus)

Molly miller (Scartella cristata)

Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis)

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Leopard flounder (Bothus pantherinus)

Peacock flounder (Bothus mancus)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Blueband goby (Valenciennea strigata)

Orange-spotted sleeper-goby (Valenciennea puellaris)

Tiger dwarf goby (Mugilogobius tigrinus)

Arabian goby (Cryptocentroides arabicus)

Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)

Dusky frillgoby (Bathygobius fuscus)

Ninebar prawn-goby (Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus)

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus)

Gracile lizardfish (Saurida gracilis)

Brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury (Saurida undosquamis)

Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes

Sabre squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum)

Silverspot squirrelfish (Sargocentron caudimaculatum)

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

Warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)

Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus)

Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

Blackflash ribbonfish (Trachipterus jacksonensis)

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes

Five-lined cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus)

Large-toothed cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon)

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques)

Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)

Network pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus)

Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)

Ringed pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Sixgill hagfish (Eptatretus hexatrema)

Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanths

West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)

Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)

Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)

Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)

Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)

Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Blacktail reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)

Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum)

Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)

Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Starspotted smooth-hound (Mustelus manazo)

Striped catshark (Poroderma africanum)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)

Blind shark (Brachaelurus waddi)

Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)

Zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum)

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks

Longnose sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus)

Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes

Beaked salmon (Gonorynchus gonorynchus)

Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi)

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Plavopega trakorepa raža (Taeniura lymma)

Blue-spotted stingray (Neotrygon kuhlii)

Round ribbontail ray (Taeniurops meyeni)

Common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)

Cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Torpediniformes - Electric rays

Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)

Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays

Chola guitarfish (Pseudobatos percellens)

Giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

Squatiniformes - Angelsharks

Australian angelshark (Squatina australis)

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka and the northwesternmost point of Sumatra (Indonesia).

It is the largest water region called a bay in the world.

The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,600,000 square kilometers (1,000,000 sq mi).

A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the Ganges–Hooghly, the Padma, the Brahmaputra–Jamuna, the Barak–Surma–Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Godavari, the Mahanadi, the Brahmani, the Baitarani, the Krishna, and the Kaveri.

Important ports include Chennai, Ennore, Chittagong, Colombo, Kolkata-Haldia, Mongla, Paradip, Port Blair, Matarbari, Thoothukudi, Visakhapatnam and Dhamra. Among the smaller ports are Gopalpur Port, Kakinada and Payra.