Fin formula: D. I/7; P1. I/9-10; P2. I/5; A.12-13. Head is depressed with rounded snout. Body is elongated. It is bluish superiorly, white below. Fins are yellowish with dark edges. A well defined black blotch occurs at posterior edge of adipose dorsal fin. 2 pairs of nostrils are present. Barbels are 4 pairs; maxillary pair reaches to the base of caudal fin.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Widely distributed in the rivers, canals, khals, beels, ponds, lakes, ditches.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal; potamodromous)
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
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.