Scientific Name: Labeo angra (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Angra labeo
Local/Bangla Name: Angra rui (আংরা রুই), Angrot (আংরোট), Kharish (খারিশ)
Photo: Balaram Mahalder
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
It has elogated body.Mouth small, lips thick, fimbriated and continuous. Dorsal profile is little more convex than that of the abdomen.Eyes are large not visible from underside of head. It has distinct lateral lobes. Pelvic fins originate below the 5th or 6th ray of the dorsal. Color of body is dar along the back, sides and the middle of the sides. Fin formula: D. 13(3/10); P 10; P 9(1/8); A. 7(5/2)
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Abundant in streams of Sylhet, Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Rangpur.
Environment:
Freshwater (benthopelagic; potamodromous)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
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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