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

Tenualosa ilisha  (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Hilsa shad,  Hilsa
Bengali Name: Ilish (ইলিশ), Hilsa (হিলসা), Ilisha (ইলিশা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Tetraodon cutcutia (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Ocellated pufferfish
Bengali Name:  Tepa (টেপা), Kutkuitta (কুটকুইট্টা), Potka (পটকা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Tor tor (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Tor barb, Tor mahseer
Bengali Name: Mohashol (মহাশোল), Mohal (মহাল), Tor mahaseer (টর মহাশির)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Critically endangered

Wallago attu (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

English Name: Wallago, Freshwater shark
Bengali Name: Boal (বোয়াল), Bol (বোল), Bal (বল), Boyali (বোয়ালী),
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Freshwater Garfish
Bengali Name: Kakila (কাকিলা), Kaikla (কাইখলা), Kaikka (কাইক্কা), Gangturi (গাঙ তুড়ি), Kakia (কাকিয়া), Kakle (কাকলে), Kankhya (কানখাইয়া), Kakhua (কাখুয়া),
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Non threatened.

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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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