Scientific Name: Barilius vagra (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Vagra Baril, Hill Trout
Local/Bangla Name: Koksa (কোকসা), Vagra
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 9 (2/7); P. 16; V. 9; A. 13-15 (2-3/11-12); C. 19; Body is slender as well as elongate. Ventral profile is more convex but dorsal profile is greatly straight. Two pairs of barbels are present which are short. Upper jaw is slightly shorter than lower jaw. Maxillary barbels are shorter than rostral pair. Scales are moderate with many radii. Dorsal and caudal fins grey-edged; fins are yellowish in color.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in streams containing gravels or rocky bottom of Dinajpur.
Environment:
Freshwater (benthopelagic)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
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.
Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.
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