Photofeature: Freshwater Fishes of Sunamganj Haor Area (Part-C3)

Corica soborna Hamilton, 1822

English Name: Ganges river sprat, Ganga river-sprat
Bengali Name: Kachki (কাচকি), Guramach (গুড়ামাছ), Taki (তাকি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Ctenopharyngodon idella  (Valenciennes 1844) 

English Name: Grass carp
Bengali Name: Grass carp (গ্রাস কার্প), Gheso rui (ঘেসো রুই)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat Status: Exotic

Ctenops nobilis McClelland, 1845

English Name: Frail gourami, Indian paradise fish
Bengali Name: Neftani (নাফতেনী); Madhumala (মধুমালা), Napte khoira (নাপতে খয়রা), Napte kolisha (নাপতে খলিসা), Naftani (নাপতানী)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Endangered

Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus 1758)

English Name: Common carp
Bengali Name: Carpu (কার্পু), Scale carp (স্কেল কার্প), Japani rui (জাপানি রুই)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat Status: Exotic

Cyprinus carpio var. communis (Linnaeus 1758)

English Name: Common carp
Bengali Name: Carpu (কার্পু), Scale carp (স্কেল কার্প)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat Status: Exotic

Cyprinus carpio var. specularis (Linnaeus 1758)

English Name: Mirror carp
Bengali Name: Mirror carp (মিরর কার্প)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat Status: Exotic

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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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