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Scientific Name: Garra annandalei Hora, 1921
English Name: Annandale garra, Tunga garra, Log sucker, Stone roller
Local/Bangla Name: Ghor poia (ঘর পইয়া)
Photo: A. Rana (Fishbase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Shape of body is elongate and cylindrical. Head and body slightly depressed. Mouth is semi-circular and also inferior. Barbels are present and fleshy which are shorter than eye-diameter. Body greyish in colour; scales spotted, forming narrow longitudinal bands. Lower lobe of caudal fin is black, other fins are blackish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in mountain streams. Hides under rocks and boulders in swift and clear water streams.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic)
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.
Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.
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