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Scientific Name: Neolissochilus hexagonolepis (McClelland, 1839)
English Name: Copper mahseer
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Bonyfish : Neolissochilus hexagonolepis

Photo: Bhutan Biodiversity Portal

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
It has is moderately elongated body. Body colour is live green on back, each scale above the lateral line coppery-coloured at the end. deepening to bronze-green at the base. Scales are pale slate in color.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in fast flowing streams and rivers with rocky bottom. Mainly in the middle of streams.
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic; potamodromous)
Main References:

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

Other References:

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

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

Gurung DB, Dorji S, Tshering U, Wangyal JT (2013) An annotated checklist of fshes from Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(14): 4880–4886; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3160.4880-6

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