Catla
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For other fishes known as Indian Carp, see Indian Carp.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Catla (but see text) Valenciennes, 1844 |
| Species: | C. catla |
| Binomial name | |
| Catla catla (F. Hamilton, 1822) |
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Catla catla, (Synonymous with Cyprinus catla, Gibelion catla), also known as Indian Carp, is the only member of the genus Catla, of the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a fish with a large protruding lower jaw. It is commonly found in rivers and freshwater lakes in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In India it is commonly known as the Bhakur.
[edit] Taxonomic Issues
While some sources such as Fishbase and Taxonomicon consider this species to belong to the genus Catla, ITIS considers it to belong to the genus Gibelion, Heckel, 1843.
[edit] Aquaculture
It is an important aquacultured freshwater species in South Asia.[1]
[edit] References
- Taxonomicon - http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Catla catla" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- "Gibelion catla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=638886. Retrieved 01 Apr 2007.
- Menon, A.G.K. 1999 Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p.
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