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Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Bangladesh

Shams Muhammad Galib — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:18:44 +0000

Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes: General parameter to differentiate freshwater from estuarine habitat is the salinity level of water. Freshwater contains less than 0.5 ppt (Parts Per Thousand) salinity whereas estuarine water contains moderate salinity (generally 14-17 ppt). We can easily define freshwater and estuarine fish species in such ways that “fishes live in freshwater habitats are called freshwater fish and fishes live ...read more

Book Profile: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Volume 23 (Freshwater Fishes)

ABM Mohsin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:24:38 +0000

Front Page of the Book

Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Volume 23 (Freshwater Fishes) presents the first illustrated compendium of all the the freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. This book would be ...read more

Xenentodon cancila

Md. Abul Bashar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:11:14 +0000

Xenentodon cancila

Synonyms:

Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822, Fishes of the Ganges. p. 213.

Belone cancila Day, 1878, Fishes of India. p.511.

Xenentodon cancila Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937, Fishes of Northern Bangal. p.108.

Xenentodon cancila Bhuiyan, 1964, Fishes of Dacca. p.86.

Common name: Freshwater garfish

Local name: Kakila, Kakla

Taxonomy position:

Phylum- Chordata

Class-Oesteichthyes

Order- Beloniformes

Family- Belonidae

Genus- Xenentodon Regan

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Fresh Water Prawn Farming: A Seed of Hope for the Northern Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Akhtar Hossain — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:25 +0000

Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) has become an important subject in recent years to the rural peoples for their livelihood, to the enterprises and exporters for raw materials and to the researchers for searching new technologies suitable for the different climatic zones of Bangladesh. The production technology of prawn polyculture is not found ...read more