Indian gagata Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Gagata cenia
Family : Sisoridae
Order : Silurifirmes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Indian gagata
Habitat : Rivers
Description : Indian gagata has an elongated and compressed body.Head rounded anteriorly and flattened on its ventral surface.It is yellowish-bronze in color and has 4 pairs of maxillary barbels.Dorsal spines of them are comparatively smaller. It Inhibits freshwater and tidal rivers.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Mystus vittatus
(Striped Dwarf Catfish) -
Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
(Painted Catfish) -
Olyra longicaudata
(Longtail Catfish) -
Osteogeneiosus militaris
(Soldier Catfish) -
Gagata gagata
(Gangatic Gagata) -
Batasio tengana
(Dwarf Catfish) -
Ompok bimaculatus
(Butter catfish) -
Mystus bleekeri
(Bleeker’s Mystus) -
Wallago attu
(Freshwater shark) -
Pangasius pangasius
(Pungas)
References:
description written by: Seam Ferdous Emon, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright: Islam, Md. Rashidul( [email protected]).www.fishbase.de. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Seam Ferdous Emon, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright: Islam, Md. Rashidul( [email protected]).www.fishbase.de. more information please contact with us.