Photofeature: Freshwater Fishes of Sunamganj Haor Area (Part-B)

Badis badis  (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Badis, Dwarf chameleon fish
Bengali Name: Koi bandi (কই বান্দি), Napit koi (নাপিত কই), Kala koi (কালা কই), Bot koi (বোট কই) and Napit (নাপিত)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Goonch, Dwarf goonch, Gangetic goonch
Bengali Name: Bagair (বাঘাইর)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Barbodes sarana  (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Olive barb
Bengali Name: Sarputi (সরপুটি), Sarna puti (স্বর্ণাপুটি), Saral puti (সরল পুটি), Deshi sarputi (দেশী পুটি) and Kurti (কুর্তি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Critically Endangered

Barbonymus gonionotus  (Bleeker, 1849)

English Name: Thai punti, Java barb, Silver barb
Bengali Name: Thai sarpunti (থাই সরপুঁটি), Thai punti (থাই পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat Status: Exotic

Barilius bendelisis (Hamilton, 1807)

English Name: Hamilton’s barila
Bengali Name: Koksa (কোকসা), Khoksa (খোকসা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Barilius tileo  (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Tileo baril
Bengali Name: Teli koksha (টেলি খোকসা), Tila (তিলা), Tila Koksa (তিলা খোকসা), Patharchata (পাথরচাটা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Botia dario  (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Bengal loach
Bengali Name: Bou (বউ), Rani (রাণী), Beti (বেটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Botia dayi  Hora, 1932

English Name: Hora loach
Bengali Name: Rani (রাণি), Bou (বউ), Betangi (বেতাঙ্গি) and Betee (বেটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Data deficient

Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Bumblebee goby
Bengali Name: Nuna bele (নুনা বেলে), Nuna baila (নুনা বাইলা), Bali kara (বালি কড়া)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

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Part: A | B | C | C2 | C3 | D-E | F-G | H-J | K-L | M | N-O | P | P2 | Q-S | T-Z

Reference:

• IUCN (Bangladesh), 2000. Red book of threatened fishes of Bangladesh, IUCN (Bangladesh) – The world conservation union in Bangladesh. xii+116 pp.
• Mahalder B and Mustafa MG, 2011. Introduction to Fish Species Diversity-Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP’s working area. Community Based Resource Management Project-LGED, The WorldFish Center-Bangladesh. xvii+75 pp.
• Rahman AKA, 2005. Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Zoological Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. xviii+394 pp.

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