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Scientific Name: Labeo nandina (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Nandina labeo
Local/Bangla Name: Nandil (নান্দিল), Nandina rui (নান্দিনা রুই)
Bonyfish : Labeo nandina

Photo: DoF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
This fish has a long, slender body. Dorsal profile quite concave. Snout is blunt and extends slightly past its wide mouth. There are four barbels in total, two on its upper jaw (maxillary) and two near its nose (rostral). The lateral line has 41 to 43 small scales. There are 5 rows of scales going across its body between the lateral line and the pelvic fins. The tail fin (caudal fin) is deeply forked. Fin formula: D ii-iii 22-24; A ii 5; P i 15; V i 8. The fish is dark greenish on its back, gradually becoming lighter on its sides (flanks) and abdomen. The center of many of its scales is colored orange-red or reddish, and its iris is also red.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in rivers and beels, particularly of the districts of greater Sylhet and Mymensingh.
Environment:
Freshwater (benthopelagic; potamodromous)
Main References:

Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

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.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+360

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.

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