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This study presents the first detailed description of a blenniid fish, Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836) from Bangladesh, representing the northernmost limit of its distribution in the Bay of Bengal. Based on nine specimens collected from the rocky tidepool habitat, diagnostic accounts of I. dussumieri are provided with photographs showing sensory pores and cirri, which are rarely illustrated in the literature.
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This study was supported by the Research and Publication Cell, University of Chittagong (ref. 
). Heartfelt thanks to Dr. Atsunobu Murase (Department of Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Miyazaki) for support in our fish taxonomic work, and Prof. Dr. M. Shahadat Hossain (Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong) for preparing the study area map. We sincerely thank the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on our manuscript.
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Fuad, M.T., Rubby, I.A., Rasid, M.H. et al. Documentation of Istiblennius dussumieri (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) from the Northern Bay of Bengal, with Ecological Notes. Thalassas 37, 173–178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00265-1
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