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Victory Loach Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Schistura scaturigina
Family : Balitoridae
Order : Cypriniformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Stream
Description : Victory Loach is a cylindrical bodied fish.Head depressed.Tail compressed.Dorsal profile arched and ventral profile nearly straight.Mouth crescentric and surrounded by thin lips.Abdomen rounded.Snout conical.3 pairs barbel present-2 rostral pair and 1 maxillary pair.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Botia dario
(Queen Loach) -
Schistura corica
(Corica Loach) -
Botia dayi
(Hora Loach) -
Paracanthocobitis botia
(Mottled Loach) -
Lepidocephalichthys guntea
(Guntea Loach) -
Botia lohachata
(Reticulate Loach) -
Balitora brucei
(Gray’s Stone Loach) -
Pangio oblonga
(Java Loach) -
Acanthocobitis zonalternans
(River Loach) -
Botia rostrata
(Gangetic Loach)
References:
description written by: Razia Sultana Setu, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Bakalial, Bikramaditya([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Razia Sultana Setu, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Bakalial, Bikramaditya([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.