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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: Vijay Anand Ismave (iNaturalist)

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:

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, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+360

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.

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

iNaturalist (2008) Sperata aor.https://uk.inaturalist.org/photos/23431375 . Accessed 16 July2024.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KT762381  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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