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

Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Gangetic ailia
Bengali Name: Kajuli (কাজুলি) and Baspata (বাঁশপাতা).
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Indian torrent catfish
Bengali Name: Kanoch (কানোচ)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Data deficient

Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Mola carple, Pale carplet
Bengali Name: Mola (মলা), Moa (মোয়া), Moshi (মসি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)

English Name: Climbing perch
Bengali Name: Koi (কই)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)

English Name: Indian mottled eel
Bengali Name: Banehara, Banehara (বানেহারা), Bamosh (বামোশ), Bao baim (বাও বায়েম), Bao mach (বোয়া মাছ), Boa baim (বোয়া বায়েম) and Telkoma (তেলকোমা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Vulnerable

Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Top-minnows, Blue panchax
Bengali Name: Kanpona, Choukkani
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:

Aspidoparia morar (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Aspidoparia
Bengali Name: Pioly (পিওলী), Morar (মোরার), Morari (মোরারী)
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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