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Scientific Name: Ompok pabda (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Pabdah catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Pabda (পাবদা), Modhu pabda (মধু পাবদা)
Bonyfish : Ompok pabda

Photo: Hossain MAR (Fishbase)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 4-5; P. I/11-13; V. 8; A. 2/52-58; C. 18. Body is elongated and laterally compressed. Head is dorso-ventrally flattened. Snout rounded. Superior mouth with longer lower jaw. Eyes sub-cutaneous and barbels two pairs, of which maxillary pair extends to end of pectoral or middle of anal fin. Pectoral fin with smooth spine. Caudal forked with rounded lobes. Body color generally silvery grey, darkest on the back and fading white on the belly.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in rivers, canals, beels and inundated fields throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
Main References:

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

Other References:

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.

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

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

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