is for Ailia [কাজুলি বা বাঁশপাতা] is for Bronze Featherback [ফলি বা ফলুই] is for Climbing Perch [কই] is for Dogfish [হাঙ্গরজাতীয় মাছ] is for Eel [কুচিয়া] is for Freshwater Shark [বোয়াল] is for
Fisheries Personnel Profile: Dr. Md. Gulam Hussain
Dr. Md. Gulam Hussain Senior Aquaculture/Fish Genetics Professional/Consultant and Former Director General of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) Contact: Cell phone: 880 175 155980 E-mail: hussain.bfri@gmail.com; hussain-bfri2008@yahoo.com Home: House #: 73; Road #: 13; Sector: 11; Uttara, Dhaka 1230; Bangladesh
Indo-Pacific tarpon, Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Elopiformes (Tenpounders) Family: Megalopidae (Tarpons) Genus: Megalops Species: M. cyprinoides Synonyms Brisbania staigeri Castelnau, 1878 Clupea cyprinoides Broussonet, 1782 Clupea thrissoides Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Cyprinodon cundinga Hamilton, 1822 Elops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822)
Twelve Endangered fishes of Bangladesh: Recorded from Chalan Beel
A total of 54 native freshwater fish species of Bangladesh have been declared threatened by IUCN Bangladesh (2000). Among them 12 species are recorded as critically endangered, 28 species are endangered and rest 14 species are vulnerable. Out of 54
Humped featherback: Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822)
Systematic position Phylum: ChordataClass: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Osteoglossiformes (bonytongues) Family: Notopteridae (featherfin knifefishes or Old World knifefishes) Genus: Chitala Species: C. chitala Synonyms Mystus chitala Hamilton, 1822 Notopterus chitala Day, 1878 Common names: Chital (Bangladesh); Humped featherback (English); Clown