Clupisoma qarua is a Misspelled Synonym of Clupisoma garua that must not be used.

Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)

Garua Bachcha - Ghaura - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

view: Lateral [Hossain, 2019]

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Siluriformes
Family	:	Schilbeidae
Genus	:	Clupisoma
Species	:	Clupisoma garua

Common Names:

English	:	Garua Bachcha[6] Guarchcha[6]
Bangla	:	Ghaura[5] Garus[274] Ghaira[274] Garua Bacha[729] Laira[729]

Synonyms:

Silurus garua Hamilton, 1822
Pseudeutropius garua (Hamilton, 1822)
Schilbe garua (Hamilton, 1822)
Schilbeichthys garua (Hamilton, 1822)
Clupisoma gaura (Hamilton, 1822)
Clupisoma qarua (Hamilton, 1822)
Silurus argentata Swainson, 1839
Clupisoma argentata (Swainson, 1839)

Maximum Length and Weight:

60 cm (TL) ^[347]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.8-6.6 : 4.7-5.3 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.5-6.6 : 4.4-5.4 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 4.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 1.3 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 2.2-2.5 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 1/7; P₁. 1/11; P₂. 6; A. 3/27-30 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D I 7; A iii 26-33; P I 11; V i 5 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
B VI; D 8(I/7); A 29-36(3/26-33); P 12(I/11); V 6; C 17 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}

Scales:

Scaleless. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [524]
Bangladesh	:	Endangered (EN)	(Version 3.1) [221]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[6] Nepal[134] Pakistan[741]
Bangladesh	:	Padma river, Rajshahi[274] Chalan beel, Natore[490] Halda River, Chittagong Hill Tracts[598] Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Passur River, Khulna[752] Mahananda River, Chapainawabganj[775] River Choto Jamuna, Naogaon[9] Meghna river, Narsingdi[781] Buriganga River, Dhaka[798] Old brahmaputra, Mymensingh[796] Little feni river, Feni[795] Someshwari river, Netrokona[806] Sandha river, Pirojpur[810] Banar River, Mymensingh[1023] Bangshi River, Dhaka[1024] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025] Punarbhaba, Dinajpur[1161] Dekhar haor, Sunamganj[1164] Muhuri river, Feni[1165] Balla beel, Moulvibazar[1168] Ghaghat river, Gaibandha[1202]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
Haor, Baor, River ^[347]

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

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[274]

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available