Macrognathus aral (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) [ Macrognathus aculeatus ] English Name: One-stripe spinyeel Bengali Name: Tara baim (তারা বাইম) IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Vulnerable Macrognathus pancalus (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) Mastacembelus pancalus (Valenciennes, 1832) English Name: Striped spinyeel, Barred spinyeel Bengali Name:
Black Carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846)
The black carp was introduced in Bangladesh from China in 1983 by Department of Fisheries (DoF) (Rahman, 2007; Khaleque, 2002; Galib and Mohsin, 2011). It is also known as snail carp (Galib and Mohsin, 2011). Major objectives of introduction were