Gangetic Goonch Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Bagarius bagarius
Family : Sisoridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Gangetic Goonch, Devil catfish, Fishbase name, dwarf Goonch
Habitat : Rapid and rocky pools of large rivers,streams of large rivers,lakes
Description : Gangetic Goonch got an elongated body and depressed head.Inferior mouth bears 4 pairs of barbels.Body greyish or light-yellowish along with irregular black bands and markings in it.They got deeply forked caudal fins.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Ailia coila
(Gangatic Ailia) -
Chaca chaca
(Squarehead Catfish) -
Hara jerdoni
(Sylhet Hara) -
Bagarius yarrelli
(Goonch) -
Clarias batrachus
(Walking Catfish) -
Batasio tengana
(Dwarf Catfish) -
Clupisoma garua
(Garua Bacha) -
Glyptothorax cavia
(Cat fish) -
Heteropneustes fossilis
(Stinging Catfish) -
Eutropiichthys vacha
(Batchwa Vacha)
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: Freyhof, Joerg( [email protected]).www.fishbase.de. 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: Freyhof, Joerg( [email protected]).www.fishbase.de. more information please contact with us.