Scientific Name: Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Pool barb
Local/Bangla Name: Jatputi (জাতপুঁটি), Sofori put (সফরিপুঁটি), Vadiput (ভাদিপুঁটি), Jatiputi (জাতিপুঁটি)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 3-4/8-9, P1. 1/14-17, P2. 1/7-8, A. 2-3/7-8. Body is moderately compressed. Dorsal profile is more convex than that of abdomen. Mouth is small, terminal and upper jaw is slightly longer. Barbells are absent. A dark spot is present at tip of tail and another at base of dorsal fin rays. Pectoral fin is as long as head excluding snout. Pelvic originate a little behind the origin of dorsal. Lateral line is complete. In life body colour is silvery, back grey-green to brownish, flanks with a some what bluish luster, underside white.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in small streams, canals, beels, ponds, ditches and inundated fields throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
