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https://doi.org/10.14798/73.2.796

THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae)

Md. Yeamin Hossain ; Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
Rafiqul Islam ; Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
Zoarder Faruque Ahmed ; Department of Fisheries Management, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Md. Mosaddequr Rahman ; Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, 4-50-20 Shimoarata, Kagoshima 890-0056, Japan
Md. Alomgir Hossen ; Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
S. M. Abu Naser ; Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
Raisul Islam Rasel ; Department of Zoology, Anando Mohan College, National University, Gazipur 1704, Bangladesh

Abstract

The threatened stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis is a nutritionally valuable food in Asian countries but its natural populations have declined due to over-exploitation, habitat loss and pollution, thus deserving high conservation importance for the remaining isolated, wild populations of H. fossilis in Asian countries. The results would be useful for the protection of the presence of endemic species and sustainable fisheries in the lake.

Keywords

Heteropneustes fossilis; Stinging catfish; Vulnerable; Asia

Hrčak ID:

141272

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/141272

Publication date:

14.5.2015.

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