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Scientific Name: Raiamas bola (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Barilius bola, Cyprinus bola (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Trout barb
Local/Bangla Name: Bol (বোল), Bola (বোলা)
Bonyfish : Raiamas bola

Photo: Hossain MAR (Fishbae)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Fin formula: D. 10-11 (3/7-8); P. 13; V. 9; A. 13 (3/10); C. 19. It has elongated, slender and highly compressed body with sharply pointed head. Single pair of a rudimentary maxillary barbels which are absent in the adults. It has no barbel. Scales minute and lateral line complete in adults with 90-94 scales. Caudal fin is forked.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in hilly streams of Mymensingh, Sylhet and Dinajpur.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal; potamodromous)
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: KY124369  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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Other Information