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Scientific Name: Oreichthys cosuatis (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Puntius cosuatis (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Kosauti barb
Local/Bangla Name: Kosuti puti (কসুতি পুঁটি)
Bonyfish : Oreichthys cosuatis
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Fin formula : D. 11(3/8); P. 13; V. 9; A. 7(2/5); C. 19. It has moderately compressed body with elevated and more convex dorsal profile than that of abdomen. Mouth is small and terminal having slightly longer upper jaw. Barbels absent. Dorsal originates nearer to snout that to caudal base. Pectoral as long as head excluding snout. Pelvic fins originate below origin of dorsal. Body reddish in color. A black band along top of dorsal, another across its middle. Dark bases on scales.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits in ditches, ponds, streams and canals.
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

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Zhilik AA (2020) Molecular diversity of freshwater fishes of Bangladesh assessed by DNA barcoding. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 1-19.

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

Mahalder B, Mustafa MG (2013) Introduction to fish species diversity: Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP's working area. Community Based Resource Management Project-LGED, Worldfish, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 75.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KX455909 MN013419  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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