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

Labeo angra (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Angra labeo
Bengali Name: Kharsa (খরসা), Angrot (অ্যাংরট), Kharish (খরিস)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Labeo bata (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Bata labeo
Bengali Name: Bata (বাটা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Labeo boggut (Sykes, 1839)

English Name: Boggut labeo
Bengali Name: Ghoria (ঘরিয়া)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Data deficient

Labeo calbasu (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Kalbasu, Black rohu, Orange fin labeo
Bengali Name: Kalibaus (কালিবাউস), Baus (বাউস), Kalia (কালিয়া)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Labeo dyocheilus (McClelland, 1839)

English Name: Brahmaputra labeo
Bengali Name: Ghora maach (ঘোড়া মাছ), Maita vanguri (মাইটা ভাঙ্গুরি), Maita vanga (মাইটা ভাঙ্গা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Data deficient

Labeo gonius (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Kuria labeo
Bengali Name: Gonia (গোনিয়া), Ghainna (ঘাইন্না), Goni (গোনি) and Kurchi (কুরচি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Labeo pangusia (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Pangusia labeo
Bengali Name: Ghora maach (ঘোরা মাছ), Ghora muikha (ঘোরা মুইখ্খা) and Longu rui (লংগু রুই)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Critically endangered

Labeo rohita (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Rohu
Bengali Name: Rui (রুই), Rohit (রুহিত), Rou (রাউ), Nawla (নলা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Lepidocephalichthys annandalei Chaudhuri, 1912
[Lepidocephalus annandalei  (Chaudhuri, 1912) ]

English Name: Annaldale loach
Bengali Name: Gutum (গুতুম), Puiya (পুইয়া)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Lepidocephalus guntea  (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Guntea loach
Bengali Name: Gutum (গুতুম), Gutia (গুতিয়া), Poa (পোয়া), Puiya (পুইয়া)
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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