Scientific Name: Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Roho labeo
Local/Bangla Name: Rui (রুই)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Dorsal profile is more convex than that of ventral profile. It has compressed body. Maxillary barbels are present. Dorsal profile brownish or greenish and silvery on both sides and beneath. Fins are gray in color with orange margin in larger specimen. Lateral line present and complete. Scales moderate.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Adults occur in rivers, lakes, ponds and ditches.
Environment:
Freshwater, (Benthopelagic; potamodromous)
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.
