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Scientific Name: Osteochilus vittatus (Valenciennes, 1842)

Synonym: Osteochilus neilli, osteochilus hasseltii (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Bonylip barb
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Bonyfish : Osteochilus vittatus

Photo: Joel Sartore

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Dorsal soft rays 17-19 in total; Anal soft rays: 8. It has a large round blotch on the caudal peduncle. No black mid-lateral stripe; sometimes with a spot above a pectoral fin. It has elongated and laterally compressed body. Dorsal profile is more convex than the abdomen. It has two pairs of barbels; one on the upper jaw (maxillary) and another near the nose (rostral).
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Adults occur in all type of habitats, but usually associated with large streams with slow current and muddy to sandy substrate.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+360

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

Joel Sartore(2024) Osteochilus vittatus.https://www.joelsartore.com. Accessed 16 July 2024.

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