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Scientific Name: Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Garua bachcha
Local/Bangla Name: Ghaura (ঘাউরা), Ghaura bacha (ঘাউরাবাচা)
Bonyfish : Clupisoma garua

Photo: Fishbase

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Schilbeidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 1/7; P1. 1/11; P2. 6; A. 3/27-30. Body is elongated and laterally compressed. Eye with board adipose lids. It has moderate and sub-terminal mouth. Upper jaw longer than lower jaw. Barbel present and 4 pairs in total. Dorsal spine slender and comparatively weak than pectoral. It also shorter than head and serrated posteriorly. No adipose fin in adult. Body dark on back and whitish or silvery at the sides and abdomen.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabit large fresh water and tidal rivers.
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 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.

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KX455904  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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