Polyacanthus sota is a Junior Synonym of Trichogaster chuna.

Trichogaster chuna (Hamilton, 1822)

Honey Gourami - Chuna Khalisha - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position:

Data not available

Common Names:

English	:	Honey Gourami[729] Sunset Gourami[729]
Bangla	:	Chuna Khalisha[729] Boicha[729] Chuchra[729] Koiya chata[729] Choto Khalisha[598]

Synonyms:

Colisa chuna (Hamilton, 1822)
Trichopodus chuna Hamilton, 1822
Trichopodus sota Hamilton, 1822
Colisa sota (Hamilton, 1822)
Polyacanthus sota (Hamilton, 1822)

Maximum Length and Weight:

42 mm (TL) ^[5]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 3.5-3.8 : 2.7-3 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 2.6-3 : 2-2.3 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 3 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : .7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1.4 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. XVI-XVIII/6-8; P₁. 8-9; P₂. 1; A. XX-XXIII/12-13; C. 15 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D XVII-XVIII 6-9; A XVIII-XXII 11-13; P 9 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
B V; D XVII-XVIII/7-8; A XVII-XX/11-15; P 9-10; L.ls 27-29; L.tr 5/10 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}

Scales:

27-28 scales on lateral line. 17-19 scales before dorsal fin base. 45 scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line. [5]

27-29 scales on lateral line. [6]

Chemistry:

Name

Amount

Unit

Body Parts

Matter Type

Specimen

Ref.

Ash

20.57

%

Whole body

Dry

Wild

887

Ash

4.44

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Calcium

2.42

%

Whole body

Dry

Wild

887

Calcium

0.52

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Gross energy

20.75

kJ/g

Whole body

Dry

Wild

887

Gross energy

4.48

kJ/g

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Lipid

15.10

%

Whole body

Dry

Wild

887

Lipid

3.26

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Moisture

78.41

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Muscle protein

17.10

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Phosphorus

1.21

%

Whole body

Dry

Wild

887

Phosphorus

0.26

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Protein

62.53

%

Whole body

Dry

Wild

887

Protein

13.50

%

Whole body

Fresh

Wild

887

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [645]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [351]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[6] Nepal[844]
Bangladesh	:	Chalan beel, Natore[490] Padma river, Rajshahi[274] Halda River, Chittagong Hill Tracts[598] Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Mahananda River, Chapainawabganj[775] Meghna river, Narsingdi[781] Banar River, Mymensingh[1023] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025] Shakla heel, Brahmanbaria[1167] Titas river, Brahmanbaria[1169] Ghaghat river, Gaibandha[1202] Belua river, Pirojpur[1207]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
Canal, Beel, Haor, Baor, Pond ^[347]

Environment: