Photofeature: Freshwater Fishes of Sunamganj Haor Area (Part M)

Macrognathus aral (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
[ Macrognathus aculeatus ]

English Name: One-stripe spinyeel
Bengali Name: Tara baim (তারা বাইম)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Vulnerable

 

Macrognathus pancalus (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)
Mastacembelus pancalus (Valenciennes, 1832)

English Name: Striped spinyeel, Barred spinyeel
Bengali Name: Guchi (গুচি), Pankal (পাঙ্কাল), Turi (তুরি), Chirka (চিরকা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

 

Mastacembelus armatus Lacepede, 1800

English Name: Tire-track spinyeel, Zig-zag eel
Bengali Name: Baim (বাইম), Bam(বাম), Sal baim(শাল বাইম)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

 

Microphis deocata (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Deocata pipefish
Bengali Name: Kumirer khil (কুমিরের খিল), Kota kumirer khil (কোটা কুমিরের খিল)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

 

Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Gangetic mud eel, Cuchia
Bengali Name: Kuchia (কুচিয়া), Kuicha (কুইচা), Kunche (কানচি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Vulnerable

 

Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846)

English Name: Black carp
Bengali Name: Black carp (ব্লাক কার্প)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not listed
Habitat status: Exotic

 

Mystus armatus (Day, 1865)

English Name: Kerala mystus
Bengali Name: Tengra (টেংরা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Data deficient

 

Mystus bleekeri  (Day, 1877)

English Name: Day’s mystus
Bengali Name: Golsha (গুলশা), Tengra (টেংরা), Golsha- tengra (গুলশা টেংরা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

 

Mystus cavasius (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Gangetic mystus
Bengali Name: Tengra (টেংরা), Kabasi tengra (কাবাসি টেংরা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Vulnerable

 

Mystus tengara  (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Tengara mystus
Bengali Name: Bajari tengra (বাজারি টেংরা), Bujuri tengra (বুজুরি টেংরা), Choto tengra (ছোট টেংরা), Guitta tengra (গুইট্টা টেংরা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

 

Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794)

English Name: Striped dwarf catfish
Bengali Name: Tengra (টেংরা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

 

To watch others photofeature on Freshwater Fishes of Sunamganj Haor Area, please follow the links-
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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