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Ompok pabo

Pabo catfish Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Ompok pabo
Family : Siluridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Pabo Catfish
Habitat : Quiet ,shallow, often muddy water,sandy streams,rivers,tanks,canals,beels,inundated fields
 
Description : Pabo Catfish species has an elongated and compressed body.It has a large and oblique mouth.They are identified as silvery-grey along with a faint shoulder-spot.Their caudals are deeply forked.
 
References:
description written by: Seam Ferdous Emon, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright: Warren, Terry.www.fishbase.de. more information please contact with us.