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Scientific Name: Mystus bleekeri (Day, 1877)
English Name: Day’s mystus
Local/Bangla Name: Tengra (টেংরা)
Bonyfish : Mystus bleekeri

Photo: iNaturalist

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Description:
Fin formula: D. I 7-8; A.iii 6-7; P.I 9-10; V. i 5. Body elongated and compressed. Head depressed. mouth terminal. It has four pairs of barbel. Its maxillary barbels long upto anal fin sometimes larger than anal fin. Dorsal spine smooth. Adipose fin present. Caudal fin forked. Dorsal side brownish, lighter at below. A dark shoulders spot behind head. Fins greyish-white.at edges side dark.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Distributed in rivers, canals, khals, beels and similar water bodies in Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal)
Main References:

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

Other References:

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.

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