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Scientific Name: Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
English Name: Stinging catfish, Fossil catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Shing (শিং)
Bonyfish : Heteropneustes fossilis

Photo: Ramani Shirantha (Fishbase)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heteropneustidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 6-7; P1. 1/6-7; P2. 6; A. 62-70. Body shape is elongated and compressed. It has depressed head. Four pairs of barbels are present in which maxillary pairs extend to end of pectorals or to commencement to anal and mandibular pairs extend up-to base of pelvic fins. But nasal pair considerably shorter than mandibular pairs. Caudal fin is rounded.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Primarily found in ponds, ditches, swamps and marshes.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal; potamodromous.
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.

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