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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)
Photo: Ben Lee, amiidae.com (PlanetCatfish)
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, 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.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
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