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Scientific Name: Gagata sexualis Tilak, 1970

Synonym: Gagata youssoufi (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Gang tengra (গ্যাং ট্যাংরা)
Bonyfish : Gagata sexualis

Photo: PlanetCatfish

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6. Mouth is located at the front of the head. Snout is bluntly rounded in lateral profile without notch anteriorly. Upper jaw has no teeth; lower jaw with single row of teeth. Anal fin with 4-5 simple rays, 12-14 branched rays and posterior 2 rays very close together.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Available in old Brahmaputra river near Mymensingh and Meghna river near Chandpur.
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.

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