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Mrigal/Mrigel: Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Systematic position:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Order: Cypriniformes (Carps)
Family: Cyprinidae (carp and minnows)
Genus: Cirrhinus
Synonyms: Cyprinus chaudhryi (Srivastava, 1968), Cyprinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795), Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton, 1822), Cirrhina blochii (Valenciennes, 1842), Cirrhina mrigala (Day, 1878), Mrigala buchanani (Bleeker, 1860)
Common names: Mirka, Mrigel (Bangladesh); Mrigal (Fishbase); Indian Major carp, Mrigal, Mirrgah, Mrigala, …read more
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Mrigal carp: Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Synonyms:
Cyprinus cirrhosus: Bloch, 1975.
Cirrhina cirrhosa: Day, 1878. 1889; Macdonald, 1944.
Cyprinus mrigala: Hamilton, 1822; Bhyiyan, 1964, Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937.
Common name: Cauvery white carp (English name)
Bangla name: Mirga, Mirgel, Mrigala, Mirka
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Sub family: Cyprininae
Genus: Cirrhinus
Species: Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Morphological description:
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Mrigal inhabits river, tanks, haors, baors, beels, flood plain, ponds of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and in south Asian countries. It is next in importance to Catla and Rohu for culture (Rath, 2000).
It is common cultured carp species in our country mainly bottom dweller, detrivorous and suitable for cultivation with surface and middle feeder carps in ponds. …read more
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