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Scientific Name: Neoeucirrhichthys maydelli Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1968
English Name: Goalpara loach
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Md. Mizanur Rahman (IUCN,2015)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 2/7; P1. 2/8; P2. 1/5; A 2/5. It has a long, rounded body that’s slightly flattened on the sides. Its head is relatively small with big eyes located just below the skin surface. Snout comes to a point, and the fin on its back is positioned much closer to its tail than to its head. The mouth is on the underside and shaped like a horseshoe. There’s a thick fold of skin in front of its upper lip that looks like another lip. The caudal fin has a shallow notch in the middle.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Live in clear flowing water streams with sandy to rocky bottom.
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.
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