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Scientific Name: Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
English Name: Climbing perch
Local/Bangla Name: Koi (কৈ)
Photo: Abu Hamas (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Anabantidae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 16 – 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-10; Anal spines: 9-11; Anal soft rays: 8 – 11. Body color: dark to pale greenish, very pale below, back dusky to olive; head with longitudinal stripes ventrally; posterior margin of opercle with a dark spot; iris golden reddish. Scaled head with 4-5 rows between eye and rear margin of preoperculum. Scales large and regularly arranged.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur mostly in canals, lakes, ponds, swamps and estuaries. Adults found in medium to large rivers, brooks, flooded fields and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals.
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, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
