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

Hemibagrus menoda  (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Menoda catfish
Bengali Name: Golsa-tengra (গোলসা টেংরা), Arwari (আরওয়ারী), koune (কোউনি), koune magur (কোউনি মাগুর), Gagor (গাগর), Gang magur (গাং মাগুর)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not-threatened

Heteropneustestes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)

English Name: Stinging catfish
Bengali Name: Shing (শিং), Shinghi (শিংঘি), Jiol (জিওল)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1847)

English Name: Congaturi halfbeak
Bengali Name: Ek Thuita (এক ঠুইটা), Ek Thota (এক ঠোটা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Himantura bleekeri (Blyth, 1860)

English Name: Bleeker’s whipray
Bengali Name: Shaplapata (শাপলাপাতা), Sangkus (সাংকুস), Murul (মুরল)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not listed

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valencienns, 1844)

English Name: Silver carp
Bengali Name: Silver carp (সিলভার কার্প)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat status: Exotic

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845)

English Name: Bighead carp
Bengali Name: Bighead carp (বিগহেড কার্প)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status:
Habitat status: Exotic

Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822)

English Name: Coitor croaker
Bengali Name: Koitor (কইতর), Koitor poa (কইতর পোয়া) and Decre poa (ডিক্রি পোয়া)
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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