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Scientific Name: Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839)

Synonym: Aorichthys seenghala (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Giant river-catfish
Local/Bangla Name: Tolla air (তল্লা আইড়), Ghaghot (ঘাঘট)
Bonyfish : Sperata seenghala

Photo: iNaturalist

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Description:
This fish has a long, flattened body (elongate and compressed) with a broad snout. It has barbels that are quite long, reaching all the way back to its pelvic fins or even further back to its anal fin. The dorsal fin on its back has one stiff spine followed by 7 softer rays. The anal fin has no spines and 11 to 12 soft rays. The fish is brownish-gray on its back and silvery on its sides and belly. It has a small, adipose fin on its back with a short base, and this fin has a dark, well-defined spot on it.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Widely distributed in the rivers, canals, khals, beels, ponds, lakes, ditches.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (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 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.

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 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.

Mahalder B, Mustafa MG (2013) Introduction to fish species diversity: Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP's working area. Community Based Resource Management Project-LGED, Worldfish, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 75.

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

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KT364786 KT762382   MN171374
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
BD IUCN conservation status:
Other Information