Photofeature: Freshwater Fishes of Sunamganj Haor Area (Part-C2)

Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Humped featherback, Clown knifefish
Bengali Name: Chital (চিতল)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795)

English Name: Mrigal
Bengali Name: Mirka (মিরকা), Mrigel (মৃগেল)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Clarias batrachus (Linneaeus, 1758)

English Name: Walking catfish
Bengali Name: Magur (মাগুর), Jiol (জিওল)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

English Name: North African Catfish
Bengali Name: African magur (আফ্রিকান মাগুর), Bidheshi magur (বিদেশী মাগুর)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat Status: Exotic

Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Garua Bachcha, Guarchacha
Bengali Name: Ghaura (ঘাউড়া), Ghaira (ঘাইড়া), Gang ghaira (গাং ঘাইড়া), Ghaura (ঘারুয়া)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Critically endangered

Colisa chuna (Qureshi 1965)
[Trichogaster chuna]

English Name: Honey Gourami, Sunset gourami
Bengali Name: Chuna Khalisha (চুনা খলিশা), Khalisha (খলিশা), Baicha (বৈচা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Colisa fasciatus (Schneider, 1801)

English Name: Giant gourami, Stripled gourami
Bengali Name: Khailsa (খইলশা), Khalisa (খলিশা), Khaila (খইলা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Colisa lalia (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822)

English Name: Dwarf gourami
Bengali Name: Lal Khailsa/Khalisha (লাল খইলশা/খলিশা), Ranga Khailsa/Khalisha (রাঙ্গা খইলশা/খলিশা), Boicha  (বৈচা)
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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