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Scientific Name: Gogangra viridescens (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Gagata viridescens (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Huddah nangra
Local/Bangla Name: Totamukh gang tengra (তোতামুখ গাং টেংরা)
Bonyfish : Gogangra viridescens

Photo: Rahman AKA (Fishbase)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Description:
Fin formula: D. I/6; P1. I/18; P2. 1/5; A. 3/8-9. Body elongate with large, broad and depressed head. Mouth wide-ventral. Body pale greenish or grayish overall. Barbels short, slender; nasal barbel very short, extending posteriorly only to end of posterior naris; maxillary and mental barbels not reaching posteriorly beyond head. Anal fin with 4-6 simple rays, 7-9 branched rays.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in the upper reaches of rivers.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal; potamodromous)
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.

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