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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: Biswas BK (Fishbase)
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)
Main 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 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.