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
Channa punctatus
Synonyms: Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1794, Nat. Ausland.Fische. 7, p.388. Ophiocephalus punctatus Day, 1878, Fishes of India. p.367. Ophicephalus punctatus Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937, Fishes of Northern Bangal. p.123. Ophicephalus punctatus Bhuiyan, 1964, Fishes of Dacca. p.95. Common name: Spotted snakehead