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Scientific Name: Ompok pabo (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Pabo catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Bonyfish : Ompok pabo

Photo: Wikipedia

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Description:
Body shape is laterally compressed. It has a large superior and obliqe mouth. Two pairs of barbels are present. Head is longer than barbels and snout is rounded. Anal long and caudal deeply forked. A faint/dark shoulder spot with silvery-grayish body. Fin formula: D. 5; P1. 1/14; P2. 9-10; A. 3/66-71.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in rivers, ponds and lakes.
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.

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KX455911  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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