Scientific Name: Channa barca (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Barca snakehead
Local/Bangla Name: Tila shol mach (তিলা শোল মাছ)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Description:
Body is almost cylindrical anteriorly, laterally compressed posteriorly. Large plate like scales are present on head. Dark brown above, brown below. Color of dorsal, caudal and anal fins are dark and edge red. Scales are spotted. Spots most numerous along the upper half of the body, become less on the lower half and belly spotless.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in the beels and haors of greater Sylhet and Mymensingh districts.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic; potamodromous)
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.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.
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