Macrospinosa cuja is a valid scientific name.

Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822)

Cuja Bola - Poa - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Perciformes
Family	:	Sciaenidae
Genus	:	Macrospinosa
Species	:	Macrospinosa cuja

Common Names:

English	:	Cuja Bola[598]
Bangla	:	Poa[598]

Synonyms:

Bola cuja Hamilton, 1822
Johnius cujus (Hamilton, 1822)
Sciaena cuja (Hamilton, 1822)

Maximum Length and Weight:

50 cm (TL) and 2 kg ^[1657]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.2 : 3.5 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 3.4 : 2.9 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 5.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 1.2 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1 ^[5]
Inter orbial width : Eye Diameter = 1 : 1 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. X : I/27; P₁. 18; P₂. I/6; A. II/7; C. 18 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D X-XI + I 27-29; A II 6-7; P i 17; V I 5 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

51 scales on lateral line. 8 scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Not Assessed	(Version 3.1) [730]
Bangladesh	:	Near Threatened (NT)	(Version 3.1) [264]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	India[6] Bangladesh[70] China[845] Thailand[71] Vietnam[748]
Bangladesh	:	Halda River, Chittagong Hill Tracts[598] Passur River, Khulna[752] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears:
Trawl Net, Gill net, Gill net, Beach seine net, Beach seine net, Set bag net, Set bag net ^[1657]
Trawl Net, Gill net, Gill net, Beach seine net, Beach seine net, Set bag net, Set bag net ^[1657]
Market price: Data not available