@Nilanjan mukherjee(iNaturalist.org)
Cat fish Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Glyptothorax cavia
Family : Sisoridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Cat fish
Habitat : Swift flowing larger rivers with substrate of sand and rocks
Description : Catfish has a broad head.Body tappering toward the tail.Adipose fin present.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Heteropneustes fossilis
(Stinging Catfish) -
Chaca chaca
(Squarehead Catfish) -
Batasio tengana
(Dwarf Catfish) -
Hara jerdoni
(Sylhet Hara) -
Clupisoma garua
(Garua Bacha) -
Ailia coila
(Gangatic Ailia) -
Eutropiichthys vacha
(Batchwa Vacha) -
Clarias batrachus
(Walking Catfish) -
Bagarius bagarius
(Gangetic Goonch) -
Bagarius yarrelli
(Goonch)
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:NO Photograph Found, more information please contact with us.
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:NO Photograph Found, more information please contact with us.