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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)
Photo: Arnob Kumar Bora (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, 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.
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