Plotosus canius

Canine catfish-eel - Gang Magur - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

View: Dorso-lateral [Hossain, 2019]

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Siluriformes
Family	:	Plotosidae
Genus	:	Plotosus
Species	:	Plotosus canius

Common Names:

English	:	Canine catfish-eel[6] Gray eel-catfish[1192] Hamilton's eel catfish[1192]
Bangla	:	Gang Magur[5] Kana magur[1174] Kaul[1174]

Synonyms:

Data not available

Maximum Length and Weight:

100 cm (TL) and 6 kg ^[1657]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.8-5 : 4.5-4.7 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 7.6-8.3 : 7.1-7.7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 12-14 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 4.6-5.2 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 4.6-5.2 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D₁ I 4; D₂ Procurrent; A 58-82; P I 11-14; V i 11-15; C 69-115 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Scaleless. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Not Assessed	(Version 3.1) [730]
Bangladesh	:	Near Threatened (NT)	(Version 3.1) [271]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Andaman Island[746] Bangladesh[70] Brunei[1134] Cambodia[1134] India[6] Indonesia[1134] Malaysia[918] Myanmar[832] Philippines[1134] Singapore[1134] Sri Lanka[1134] Thailand[670] Vietnam[912] Australia[590] Fiji[893] Papua New Guinea[750] Laos[714] Andaman Island[746] Bangladesh[5] Brunei[1134] Cambodia[1134] India[1134] Indonesia[1134] Malaysia[918] Myanmar[832] Philippines[1134] Singapore[1134] Sri Lanka[1134] Thailand[670] Vietnam[912] Australia[590] Fiji[893] Papua New Guinea[750]
Bangladesh	:	Passur River, Khulna[752] Sandha river, Pirojpur[810] Bangshi River, Dhaka[1024] Dekhar haor, Sunamganj[1164]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

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

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

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:
Seine net, Set bag net, Hook, Line gear ^[1657]
Market price: Data not available