Local Fishes of Assam
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Local Fishes of Assam
Introduction to some of the small and big fish found in Assam.
 English: Olive barb. Scientific Name: Systomus Sarana. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻ āĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Š āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
  English: Banded Gourami or Striped Gourami. Scientific Name: Trichogaster Fasciata. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻšāĻ¨āĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨/ā§Š āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Honey Gourami. Scientific Name: Colisa Chuna. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Climbing perch. Scientific Name: Anabas testudineus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻžā§ąā§, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ē āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Gangetic leaffish/ Mottled nandus/ Mud perch. Scientific Name: Nandus nandus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻĻā§, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ ā§Ē/ā§Ģ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Ceylon snakehead. Scientific Name: Channa orientalis. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ģ/ā§Ŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Spotted snakehead Scientific Name: Channa punctata. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§°ā§, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Assamese Snakehead / Dwarf Snakehead. Scientific Name: Channa stewartii. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻ/āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ ā§§ā§¨/ā§§ā§Ē āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Barca snakehead. Scientific Name: Channa barca. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§°āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ž/ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Bullseye Snakehead, Cobra Snakehead. Scientific Name: Channa Marulius. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ēā§Ē/ā§Ģā§Ŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Striped Snakehead. Scientific Name: Channa striata. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻļâāĻ˛, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ ā§Šā§Ŧ/ā§Šā§Ž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Stinging catfish. Scientific Name: Heteropneustes fossilis. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ ā§Ŧ/ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Walking Catfish/ Air Breathing Catfish. Scientific Name: Clarias batrachus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Striped dwarf catfish. Scientific Name: Mystus vittatus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻļāĻŋāĻā§°āĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Š āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Gagora catfish. Scientific Name: Arius gagora āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Šā§Ŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Long Whiskers Catfish. Scientific Name: Sperata seenghala. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻā§°āĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Freshwater Catfish, Helicopter Catfish or Wallago catfish Scientific Name: Wallago attu. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ēā§Ž/ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Giant Devil Catfish / Goonch. Scientific Name: Bagarius Yarrelli. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§ā§Ž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Aspodiparia. Scientific Name: Aspidoparia morar. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŦā§°āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Š āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Boopis razorbelly minnow. Scientific Name: Salmostoma boopis. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻŖāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ē āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Flying Barb. Scientific Name: Esomus Danricus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŖāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Mola/ Indian carplet/ Pale carplet. Scientific Name: Amblypharyngodon mola. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŽā§ā§ąāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Elongate glassy perchlet. Scientific Name: Chanda nama. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§.ā§Ģ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Indian river shad. Scientific Name: Gudusia chapra. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Š āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Bata labeo. Scientific Name: Labeo bata. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§§/ā§§ā§¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Ilish/ Hilsa. Scientific Name: Tenualosa ilisha. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ž/ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Kuria labeo. Scientific Name: Labeo gonius. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§¨/ā§§ā§Ē āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Black Rohu. Scientific Name: Labeo calbasu. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻā§°āĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§¨/ā§§ā§Ē āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Nandee labeo. Scientific Name: Labeo nandina. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻ¨āĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ā§¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Striped Spiny eel/ Macrognathus pancalus, Mastacembelus punctatus. Scientific Name: Macrognathus aral āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§ā§°āĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ŧ/ā§Ž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Zig-Zag Eel. Scientific Name: Mastacembelus armatus āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ā§Ž/ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Loach. Scientific Name: Nemacheilus botia. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ ā§Š/ā§Ē āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Cancila. Scientific Name: Xenentodon Cancila. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ŧ-ā§Ž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Garua Bachcha or Bachcha. Scientific Name: Clupisoma Garua. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻ¨ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ŧ/ā§§ā§Ž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Gangatic ailia. Scientific Name: Ailia coila. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ļ/ā§§ā§¨ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Golden Mahseer. Scientific Name: Tor putitora. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Šā§Ž/ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Brahmaputra Labeo. Scientific Name: Labeo dyocheilus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛āĻā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ā§Ē/ā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Humped feather back. Scientific Name: Chitala chitala. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ˛, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Šā§Ž/ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Bronze Feather back. Scientific Name: Notopterus notopterus. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ē/ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Tang gobi. Scientific Name: Glossogobius giuris. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§ā§°āĻž, ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ē/ā§Ģ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Freshwater Eels. Scientific Name: Anguillidae. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§¨ā§Ž/ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
 English: Ocellated Puffer Scientific Name: Tetraodon cutcutia. āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž: āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻĒ ( āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§.ā§Ģ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ )
