Manam, Dr. Vishnu Kiran;Quraishi, Mohammad Asif
Catla catla
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Catla (Labeo catla; ) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, but has also been introduced elsewhere in South Asia and is commonly farmed.
Species
Burnt Candytuft
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- AUM, USNM, CAS, LACM, UCMP, OS
- Recorded in
- Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, India, Thailand
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Aquaculture
- References
- Further reading
Catla (Labeo catla; ) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, but has also been introduced elsewhere in South Asia and is commonly farmed.
In Nepal and neighbouring regions of India, up to Odisha, it is called Bhakura.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catla catla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.