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Scientific Name: Psilorhynchus balitora (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Balitora minnow
Local/Bangla Name: Balitora (বালিতোরা)
Bonyfish : Psilorhynchus balitora

Photo: DoF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Psilorhynchidae
Description:
The body is elongated, flattened and depressed anteriorly, and cylindrical to compressed posteriorly. The head is extremely depressed and spatulate. The mouth is small and inferior, with the gape slightly shorter than the eye diameter. The gill-opening is narrow, with the membrane broadly united with the isthmus. There are no barbels, and the lips are fleshy.The dorsal origin is slightly closer to the snout tip than to the caudal base. The pectorals and pelvics are placed horizontally, with 6-7 outer rays of the pectorals and 2 outer rays of the pelvics being unbranched. There are 30-34 scales in the lateral series. The body coloration is reddish-brown with irregular black blotches along the middle of the sides.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs in hill streams. Inhabits shallow running streams with pebbly and sandy bottom, usually associated with hard substrates.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal)
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 A, Rahman MM, Mandal S (2015) Biodiversity of Hillstream fishes in Bangladesh. Zootaxa. 3700. 283-92. 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.2.6.

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.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KY124373  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information