Rohu/Rui: Labeo rohita

Systematic position:

Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Cypriniformes (Carps) Family: Cyprinidae (carp and minnows) Genus: Labeo

Synonyms: Cyprinus rohita (Hamilton, 1822) and Labeo horai (Fowler, 1924)

Common names: Rui, Rohit, Rou, Nawla (Bangladesh); Rohu (Fishbase); Indian Major carp, Rohiti, Rau, Riu, Ruee, Rohu, Bhobhari (India).

Distribution: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, and ...read more]]> http://www.bdfish.info/en/2010/02/rohu-rui-labeo-rohita-hamilton-1822/feed/ 0 http://www.bdfish.info/en/2010/02/rohu-labeo-rohita/ http://www.bdfish.info/en/2010/02/rohu-labeo-rohita/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:38:46 +0000 Ismat Ara Zakia http://www.bdfish.info/en/?p=333

Rohu: Labeo rohita

Synonyms:

Cyprinus rohita: Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822.

Labeo rohita: Day, 1878; Bhuiyan, 1964; Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937.

Labeo horai: Fowler, 1924.

Common name: Rohu (English name)

Bangla name: Rui, Rohit, Rou

Taxonomic position:

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Osteichthyes

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Sub family: Cyprininae

Genus: Labeo

Species: L. rohita 

Morphological description:

Body elongated. Highest body length is found at the commencement of dorsal fin. Snout ...read more]]> http://www.bdfish.info/en/2010/02/rohu-labeo-rohita/feed/ 0 http://www.bdfish.info/en/2009/11/rui-labeo-rohita/ http://www.bdfish.info/en/2009/11/rui-labeo-rohita/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:43:37 +0000 ABM Mohsin http://www.bdfish.info/en/?p=140

Labeo rohita (Hamilton) or Rohu or Rui is the natural inhabitant of river, streams, canals, beels of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar. But it is also found in lakes, ox-bow lakes, ponds, ditch and similar water bodies.

Mainly middle dweller carp species but normally it occupies the column-region of the aquatic ecosystem. Its food comprises crustaceans ...read more]]> http://www.bdfish.info/en/2009/11/rui-labeo-rohita/feed/ 0