SPECIE NAME:Sperata seenghala
COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE:
Giant river-catfish
LOCATION:
This species is widely distributed in Bangladesh
HABITAT:
India
SIZE:
Found in rivers, canals, beels, ditches, inundated fields and other freshwater areas.
DIET:
UPTO 150CM. 20 KG.
FACT:
Readily feeds on live foods, smaller fishes, shrimps, and prepared food such as pallet.
SPECIE NAME:Sperata aor
COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE:
Long-whiskered catfish
LOCATION:
Bangladesh
HABITAT:
India
SIZE:
Nepal
DIET:
freshawater specie, aor is a demersal and potamodromous species which inhabits rivers, ponds, lakes, channels and reservoirs.
FACT:
UPTO 180CM. 10 KG.
SPECIE NAME:Silonia silondia
COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE:
Silond catfish
LOCATION:
Found in-Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and probably Myanmar.
HABITAT:
Freshwater
SIZE:
Found in freshwater and brackish estuaries and rivers.
DIET:
FACT:
Feeds on other fish and rotten organic matters.
SPECIE NAME:Bagarius yarrelli
COMMON NAME OF THE SPECIE:
Goonch, Giant Devil Catfish
LOCATION:
It is found in South Asia.
HABITAT:
it is found in large rivers, including rivers with fast current, but never in small streams.
SIZE:
UPTO 200CM. 25 KG.
DIET:
Feed primarily on prawns but will take small fishes and aquatic insects
FACT:
Not a highly esteemed food fish, because its fibrous flesh spoils rapidly and can cause illness