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Scientific Name: Laubuka laubuca (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Chela laubuca, Laubuka brahmaputraensis (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Indian glass barb
Local/Bangla Name: Laubuka (লাউবুকা)
Bonyfish : Laubuka laubuca

Photo: Wikimedia

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Body is elongated, deep and compressed with slightly oblique mouth. Lateral line complete with 34-36. Pectoral fins wing-like and large. Body color translucent, shining silver to greenish-gray with a violet lustre on caudal peduncle. A deep black, golden-edged blotch at the base of caudal fin. Fins are yellowish. This fish has a tall fin on its back (dorsal fin) with 10 to 11 soft rays. The fin on its underside (anal fin) is long, with 20 to 22 soft rays, of which 17 to 21 have branches.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits the middle-depth area of streams, ponds and tanks. Occurs in shallow and relatively deep areas of streams, both in still and relatively fast-flowing waters.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (pelagic)
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.

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Zhilik AA (2020) Molecular diversity of freshwater fishes of Bangladesh assessed by DNA barcoding. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 1-19.

wikimedia (2003) Laubuka laubuca. https://www.wikimedia.org . Accessed 16 July 2024.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KT353103  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information