Long-whiskered Catfish Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Sperata aor
Family : Bagridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : River,Tributaries,Canal,Beel,Ponds,Lakes,Ditches,Inundated fields
Description : Body of Long-whiskered Catfish bluish superiorly and white beneath. Head depressed.Rounded snout present.4 pairs of barbels present. Adipose fin present and its length equals the head length.Maxillary barbel pair extends to the end of the anal base.Yellowish fins with dark edges.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Sisor rabdophorus
(Sisor Catfish) -
Batasio tengana
(Dwarf Catfish) -
Gagata cenia
(Indian gagata) -
Heteropneustes fossilis
(Stinging Catfish) -
Gogangra viridescens
(Huddah Nangra) -
Eutropiichthys murius
(Indus garua) -
Hemibagrus menoda
(Menoda Catfish) -
Olyra longicaudata
(Longtail Catfish) -
Gagata youssoufi
(Gangetic gagata) -
Ompok bimaculatus
(Butter catfish)
References:
description written by: Razia Sultana Setu, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Jensen, Johnny([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Razia Sultana Setu, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Jensen, Johnny([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.