Photofeature: Freshwater Fishes of Sunamganj Haor Area (Part P2)

Puntius chonchonius (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Rosy barb, Red barb
Bengali Name: Kanchan punti (কাঞ্চন পুঁটি), Punti (পুঁটি) and Taka punti (টাকা পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not Threatened

Puntius cosuatis (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)
Oreichthys cosuatis (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Kosuati barb
Bengali Name: Kosbati punti (কোস্বাটি পুঁটি), Kosuati (কসুয়াটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Puntius gelius (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Golden barb, Golden dwarf barb
Bengali Name: Jelly puti (জেলি পুঁটি), Gili puti (গিলি পুঁটি), Khudi puti (খুদি পুঁটি), Dor puti (ডর পুঁটি) and Puti (পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Data Deficient

Puntius guganio (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Glass-barb
Bengali Name: Punti (পুঁটি) and Mola punti (মলা পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened

Puntius phutunio (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Dwarf barb, Pigmy barb, Spottedsail barb
Bengali Name: Phutani punti (ফুটানি পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not Threatened

Puntius sophore (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Spot-fin swamp barb
Bengali Name: Punti (পুঁটি), Jat punti (জাত পুঁটি), Vadi punti (ভাদি পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not Threatened

Puntius terio (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name:  Onespot barb
Bengali Name: Teri puti (টেরি পুঁটি) and Puti (পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not Threatened

Puntius ticto (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)

English Name: Ticto barb, Firefin barb, Two-spot barb
Bengali Name: Tit punti (তিত পুঁটি)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: vulnerable

Pygocentrus nattereri  Kner, 1858

English Name: Red-bellied piranha
Bengali Name: Lal piranha (লাল পিরানহা)
IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not listed
Habitat Status: Exotic

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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