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Scientific Name: Garra gotyla (Gray, 1830)
English Name: Sucker head
Local/Bangla Name: Ghorpoa (ঘরপোয়া), Ghor poiya (ঘরপৈয়া)
Bonyfish : Garra gotyla

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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Shape of body is elongate and sub cylindrical to compressed. Mouth is semi-circular and also inferior. Barbels are present and fleshy which are shorter than eye-diameter. Lateral line is indistinct. Body greyish in colour. Lower lobe of caudal fin is black, other fins are blackish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Adults inhabit streams and lakes.
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 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.

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