Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) English Name: Catla Bengali Name: Catla (কাতলা), Katol (কাতল) IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened Chaca chaca (Hamilton, 1822) English Name: Squarehead catfish, Angler catfish Bengali Name: Chaka (চাকা), Cheka (চেকা), Chaga (চেগা), Beng-sabbh (বেংসাব), Gangania (গ্যানগেনিয়া)
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
Walking snakehead, Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Perciformes (Perches) Suborder: Channoidei (Ophiocephaliformes) Family: Channidae (Snakeheads) Genus: Channa Species: C. orientalis Synonyms Channa gachua (non-Hamilton, 1822; misspelled name) Ophicephalus apus Canestrini, 1861 Ophiocephalus apus Canestrini, 1861 Ophiocephalus aurantiacus Hamilton,