Bangladesh is a riverine country and more than 700 rivers are present in this country (BFRI, 2007). In ancient time river was the main source of fishes from where people consume and mitigate their demand. Fishes bred and live in
Orange Snakehead: A new species of snakehead in Bangladesh?
Presence of numerous black spot on the bright-orange body surface of the fish makes it different from other five snakehead species in Bangladesh although the external characters are same. The external characters of the fish mostly found to be similar
Dusky sleeper, Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801)
Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Perciformes (Perches) Suborder: Gobioidei Family: Eleotridae (Eleotrididae; sleepers) Subfamily: Eleotrinae Genus: Eleotris Species: E. fusca Synonyms Culius fuscus (Forster, 1801) Culius niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Eleotris cavifrons Blyth, 1860 Eleotris
Finfishes of the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans (beautiful forest) is the largest mangrove forest of the world and is a component of the greater Ganga-Brahmaputra estuarine system. It occupies the area between latitude 21027’30” to 22030’00” north and longitude 89002’00” to 90000’00” east (Huda and
Lutea sleeper, Eleotris lutea Day, 1876
Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Perciformes (Perches) Suborder: Gobioidei Family: Eleotridae (Eleotrididae; Sleepers) Subfamily: Eleotrinae Genus: Eleotris Species: E. lutea Synonyms: No synonyms Common/local names English: Lutea sleeper Bangladesh: Kuli (কুলি) Distributions: Bangladesh (Rahman, 1989 and
Spiketail paradisefish, Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831)
Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Perciformes (Perch-likes) Suborder: Anabantoidei (Labyrinthici, in part) Family: Osphronemidae (Gouramis) Sub-family: Macropodinae (Siamese fighting fishes, Paradisefishes) Genus: Pseudosphromenus Species: P. cupanus Synonyms Macropodus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831) Polyacanthus cupanus Cuvier, 1831 Polyacanthus
Bumblebee goby, Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton, 1822)
Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Perciformes (Perches) Suborder: Gobioidei Family: Gobiidae (Gobies) Subfamily: Gobionellinae Genus: Brachygobius Species: B. nunus Synonyms Gobius alcockii Annandale, 1906 Gobius bombayensis Annandale, 1919 Gobius nunus Hamilton, 1822 Common/local names English: Bumblebee