Scientific Name: Labeo boggut (Sykes, 1839)
Synonym: Labeo baggut (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Boggut labeo
Local/Bangla Name: Bogut bata (বগাট বাটা), Ghunia (ঘুনিয়া)
Photo: Balaram Mahalder
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Shape of body elongate and slender. Snout is thick projecting beyond jaws, a few pores on snout. Lower lip fimbriated. Color of body is silvery, darkest superiorly. Fins orange. A dark spot usually present near base of caudal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits upper reaches of rivers. A popular species for stocking ponds.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 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.
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.
