Local/
SI.# Common
Name
Scientific Max. size
Name (mm)
Habitat
Food &
Feeding habit
34. Chanda
Chanda
bacules
50
Less abundant
than other species
of chanda
Information not
available
35. Foli
Notopterus
notopterus
36.
Napit koi/
Bandi koi
Badis badis
Abundant in
355 Stagnant and
running waters
Carnivorous
Beels, ditches,
Insect larvae
63 ponds and swamps Surface feeder,
Breeding habit
Information not
available
Breeds in May
and June.
The eggs receive
parental care
Parental care
37. Chapila
Gudusia
chapra
Beels, ditches
200 rivers and
floodplains
38. Tara Bairn Macrognathus 240
39.
Guchi Bairn
Mastacembelus
pancalus
135
Rivers, beels and
flood plains
Rivers, beels and
flood plains.
abundant during
ramy season
Omnivorous
Bottom feeder
Bottom feeder
Breeds during
monsoon in stagnant
water
Breeds during monsoon
Breeds during
monsoon
Produced by ITDG Bangladesh [Practical Action Bangladesh], August 1999.
Study Team
Practical Action Bangladesh
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