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Scientific Name: Sperata aor (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Aorichthys aor, Mystus aor (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Long-whiskered catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Guji air (গুজি আইড়)
Bonyfish : Sperata aor

Photo: GBIF

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Description:
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.

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: KT762381  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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