Local/
SI.# Common
Name
Scientific Max. size
Name (mm)
Habitat
11.
Madhu
Pabda
Ompok
pabda
Rivers, canals
240 ponds, beels,
floodplains
Food &
Feeding habit
Omnivorous in
nature, eating
fishes, algae,
insects, protozoa
and debris
Breeding habit
Naturally breeds in
floodplains during
monsoon
12.
Kani pabda
Ompok
bimaculatus
240
Rivers, canals ponds, Omnivorous, feeding
bee Is,
mainly
floodplains
on insects
Breeds during monsoon
In
floodplains
13. Gulsha
Mystus
cavaS1US
231
14. Tengra
15.
Bozari
Tangra
16 Batashi
17. Kajoli
Mystus
vittatus
117
Mystus
tengara
62
Pseudeutropius
atherinoides
140
Ailia coila 154
18. Taki
Channa
punctatus
240
19.
Chang Taki
Channa
orientalis
135
20.
Tila shol
puti
Channa
barca
400
21. Magur
Clarius
batrachus
302
22. Shinghi
Heleropneusl
es jossilis
279
Rivers, bee Is,
floodplains and
canals
Rivers, beels,
floodplains and
canals
Rivers & canals
Carnivore in
nature, feeding
on insects
larvae and
small fishes
Carnivore in
nature, feeding
on insects
larvae and
small fishes
Carnivorous
Rivers throughout
Bangladesh
No available
information
Rivers throughout
Bangladesh
No available
information
Abundant in ponds,
ditches, beels and
swamps
Voracious
predator
equipped with
air breathing organ
Abundant in ponds
ditches, beels and
swamps
Voracious
predator
equipped with
air breathing organ
Found in holes on
the banks of the
rivers, beels and
haors
Voracious
predator
equipped with
air breathing organ
Can live in most types
of habitat and found in
stagnant
muddy water
Predator fish
equipped with
air breathing
organ
Found in beels,
jheels, ponds,
ditches, floorplaind
and canals
Predator fish
equipped with
air breath i ng
organ
Breeds in haors,
bee Is, rivers and
streams
Breeds in haors,
beels, rivers and
streams
Breeds in rivers and
canals
Breeds during the
monsoon in the
flvers
Breeds during the
monsoon in the
flvers
Breeds in stagnant
waters. Egg and
Larvae receive
parental care
Breeds in stagnant
waters. Egg and
Larvae receive
parental care
Breeds in stagnant
waters. Egg and
Larvae receive
parental care
Breeds in stagnant
waters during rainy
season
Breeds in stagnant
water during rainy
season, Fecundity
very high in the range
of 21,992-5,683
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