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Scientific Name: Erethistes jerdoni (Day, 1870)

Synonym: Hara jerdoni (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Sylhet hara
Local/Bangla Name: Kuta kanti (কুটা কান্তি)
Bonyfish : Erethistes jerdoni

Photo: SCOT.CAT.COM

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Erethistidae
Description:
The fish has an elongated body with a flattened ventral side and a depressed head. It possesses a small mouth that is inferior or sub-terminal, and small eyes. The body is smooth, not rough, and has four pairs of barbels. The dorsal spine is strong, and the caudal fin is forked with the upper lobe being longer than the lower lobe. The coloration is brownish to yellowish-brown with irregular bands present on the body, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins. Fin formula: D I 5; A iv-v 5- 7; P I 4-5; V i 5
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in slow moving hill-streams with sandy bottom as well as in rivers and beels of Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal)
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.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KT762372  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information