Gogangra viridescens
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Siluriformes (Catfishes)
Sisoridae
Gogangra
Gogangra viridescens
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Body pale greenish or grayish overall, with vivid, almost iridescent, horizontal silvery mark in the membrane connecting the opercle to the side of the cranium. Mesethmoid not greatly expanded, its dorsal profile slightly convex, Y-shaped anteriorly. Barbels short, slender; nasal barbel very short, extending posteriorly only to end of posterior naris; maxillary and mental barbels not reaching posteriorly beyond head; maxillary-barbel membrane absent or greatly reduced; maxillary bone inside maxillary barbel very short; outer and inner mental barbels evenly and widely separated. Paired lateral cranial fontanel absent. Branchiostegal membranes free from isthmus. Anal fin with 4-6 simple rays, 7-9 branched rays (typically 5 + 8) (Ref. 40780).
Distribution
Asia: Indus drainage in Pakistan and Ganges-Brahmaputra drainage in India and Bangladesh. Reported from Nepal (Ref. 6351) an Bhutan (Ref. 40882).
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. demersal.
Biology
Found in the upper reaches of rivers (Ref. 41236).
Max length: 10.8 cm TL; max weight: 13 g.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2009-10-12. Resilience: High.
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: commercial.
References
Roberts, T.R. and C.J. Ferraris Jr. (1998) Review of South Asian sisorid catfish genera Gagata and Nangra, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(14):315-345.
Roberts, T.R. (2001) Ayarnangra estuarius, a new genus and species of sisorid catfish from the Ayeyarwaddy basin, Myanmar. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 49:81-87.
Basumatary, S., H. Choudhary, B. Talukdar and D. Sarma (2017) Length-weight relationships (LWRs) of four freshwater fish species from the Brahmaputra and Barak river basins, northeast India. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 34:208-209.
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