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Catla: Catla catla
Systematic position:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Order: Cypriniformes (Carps)
Family: Cyprinidae (carp and minnows)
Genus: Catla
Synonyms: Cyprinus catla (Hamilton, 1822), Gibelion catla (Hamilton, 1822) and Cyprinus abramioides (Sykes, 1839).
Common names: Catla, Katol (Bangladesh); Catla (Fishbase); Indian Major carp, Baudhekra, Catla, Chepti, Bacha, Tambra, Karakatla (India).
Distribution: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar. Also …read more
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Catla: Catla catla
Synonyms:
Cyprinus catla: Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822
Catla buchanani: Day, 1878, 1889; Munro, 1955;
Catla catla: Jhingran, 1966; Bhuiyan, 1964; Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937; Rahman, 1974; Menon, 1974
Common name: Catla (English name)
Bangla name: Catla, Katal
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Sub family: Cyprininae
Genus: Catla
Species: Catla catla
Morphological description:
Compressed body is comparatively short with broad …read more
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Catla catla
Catla [Catla catla] is a cultured highly growing native major carp species of Bangladesh and distributed throughout India, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar. It is the natural inhabitant of principal rivers of this country and resides in fresh or brackish water, being found within the tidal influences (Day, 1958).
It inhabits surface dweller, mainly plankton feeder …read more
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