Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan Professor and Former Head Dept. of Fisheries Biology & Genetics Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh, Bangladesh Contact: Tel: (091) 52236, Mobile: 01711-407359 Email: mmrkhan_bau at yahoo dotcom Fax: +88-091-55810 Field of specialization: Genetics and Fish Breeding particularly
Kaptai Lake
Bangladesh is enriched with extensive potential water resources distributed all over the country. Kaptai Lake is one of the most important freshwater body which is the largest man-made freshwater resource in the South-East Asia as well as in Bangladesh. The
Small Indigenous Species (SIS) of Fishes
What is SIS? According to Rahman (1989), there are 260 species of freshwater indigenous fishes in Bangladesh. Among them, which grow to a size of 25 cm or 9 inches at mature or adult stage in their life cycle are
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
Book profile- Introduction to fish species diversity: Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP’s working area
“Introduction to fish species diversity: Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP’s working area” presents mainly a checklist of fish species of Sunamganj haor region within CBRMP’s working area and their profile (taxonomic position including English, Bangla and scientific name; fin formula; body
Fishes of the river Padma near Rajshahi, Bangladesh: Part-5
A survey has been carried out in order to explore the existing fish fauna of the river Padma near Rajshahi. One species of Chondrichthyes and 72 species of Osteichthyes of fishes were recorded. Details are given in Fish and Other
Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Bangladesh
Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes: General parameter to differentiate freshwater from estuarine habitat is the salinity level of water. Freshwater contains less than 0.5 ppt (Parts Per Thousand) salinity whereas estuarine water contains moderate salinity (generally 14-17 ppt). We can easily