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Scientific Name: Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845)

Synonym: Aristichthys nobilis (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Bighead carp
Local/Bangla Name: Biget (বিগেট), Big head mach (বিগহেড মাছ), Biged mach (বিগেড মাছ)
Bonyfish : Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

Photo: tursar

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
It has laterally compressed body and round abdomen before ventral fin. Head is large and length of head is larger than body height. It has terminal mouth. Lower jaw extends slightly over upper jaw. Scales are small. There are 96-110 scales in lateral line; lateral line extends to caudal peduncle. Dorsal fin ray: 3,7; pectoral fin ray: 1,17; ventral fin ray: 1,8; anal fin ray: 3, 12-13; body colour: black in dorsal and upper lateral portion, silvery white in abdomen, irregular black spots on the lateral side of body and greyish colour in fins.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
In its natural environment, it occurs in rivers with marked water-level fluctuations, overwinters in middle and lower stretches.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic)
Comments:
It is an exotic fish in Bangladesh. It hasbeen brought from Nepal in 1981 for the purpose of aquaculture.
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.

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.

tursar (2024) Hypophthalmichthys nobilis.https://www.tursar.ru/index.php Accessed 16 July 2024.

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