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Garua Bacha Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Clupisoma garua
Family : Schilbeidae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Garua Bacha, Gagra
Habitat : Large freshwater bodies and tidal rivers
Description : Garua Bacha species got an elongated and compressed body.Moderate and sub-terminal mouth bears 4 pairs of barbels.Their color appear as silvery with yellowish-green back.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Chaca chaca
(Squarehead Catfish) -
Hara jerdoni
(Sylhet Hara) -
Batasio tengana
(Dwarf Catfish) -
Eutropiichthys vacha
(Batchwa Vacha) -
Bagarius yarrelli
(Goonch) -
Clarias batrachus
(Walking Catfish) -
Ailia coila
(Gangatic Ailia) -
Heteropneustes fossilis
(Stinging Catfish) -
Bagarius bagarius
(Gangetic Goonch) -
Glyptothorax cavia
(Cat fish)
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: Gloerfelt-Tarp, Thomas( [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: Gloerfelt-Tarp, Thomas( [email protected]).www.fishbase.de. more information please contact with us.