Anabas cobojius

Anabas cobojius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anabantidae
Genus: Anabas
Species: A. cobojius
Binomial name
Anabas cobojius
(F. Hamilton, 1822)

Anabas cobojius, the Gangetic koi, popularly known as Koi Machh in Bengali is a species of climbing gourami native to Bangladesh and India, where it occurs in many types of standing water bodies. This species reaches a total length of 30 cm (12 in) and is carnivorous, feeding on water invertebrates and their larvae. It is of commercial importance as a food fish in its native range.[2] In addition to being fished, it may be threatened by siltation from deforestation and agricultural activities, pollution and habitat change by hydropower and dam development. The exact population is unknown but it spawns once during rainy season from May–July.[1]

A Bengali proverb says ''Koi machher pran" or ''Life of Koi fish" as this fish can survive a long time outside of water.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Chaudhry, S. & Pal, M. 2010. Anabas cobojius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Anabas cobojius" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  3. ↑ "কই মাছের প্রাণ". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 2017-12-17.


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