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Scientific Name: Botia rostrata Günther, 1868

Synonym: Botia dayi (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Gangetic loach
Local/Bangla Name: Bou mach (বউ মাছ), Rani mach (রাণী মাছ)
Bonyfish : Botia rostrata

Photo: Hamid Badar Osmany (Fishbase)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 12 (3/9); P­1. 14; P2. 8; A. 7 (2/5); C. 19. Body is elongated and laterally compressed. Head broad and pointed. Mouth is small and eyes placed in posterior half of head. Four pairs of barbels are present. Scales are minute and conspicuous. Caudal fin is deeply forked and it’s lobe not only pointed but also sharp. Body color is yellowish to brown. Several irregular and partly confluent cross bands present on flank.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Mostly found in swift streams and also in swamps.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal)
Main References:

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

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

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.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+360

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

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Zhilik AA (2020) Molecular diversity of freshwater fishes of Bangladesh assessed by DNA barcoding. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 1-19.

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

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.

Froese R, Pauly D (Editors) (2024) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2024).

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KY124362  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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