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Gogangra laevis Ng, 2005

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-8; Vertebrae: 32 - 35. Distinguished from Gogangra viridescens in having the anteroventral margin of the opercle (the particular facet with the interopercle) gently curved (vs. distinctly notched); narrower head (17.2-20.8% SL vs. 19.7-23.2; 58.2-64.8% HL vs. 65.6-76.9) and larger eye (20.3-24.8% HL vs. 16.2-20.5). Aquarium Care: No problems in the aquarium but would be better in a small shoal with a good water circulation. Diet: Most prepared aquarium foods with frozen and live. Etymology: The genus name Gogangra: Perhaps from Greek, goggros, -ou = conger; derived also from the word "goggrone, -es" = goitre + an inclusion of Latin, conger. The specific name laevis: From the Latin laevis, meaning smooth, in reference to the entrire (unnotched) anteroventral margin of the opercle in this species.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Brahmaputra and Meghna River drainages, Bangladesh. Type locality: Bangladesh: Gowain River and Khal at Gowainghat.

Size:

8.0cm. (3ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

IUCN Red List

Gogangra laevis is known from the Yamuna and the Meghna river drainages, which form part of the lower Brahmaputra River drainage in Bangladesh. There is insufficient information on the distribution, population (and its trends), and biology of this species, and it is assessed as Data Deficient, but needs updating, (IUCN 2010).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
Ng, H.H., 2005. Gogangra laevis, a new species of riverine catfish from Bangladesh (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(3):279-286.
Ng, H.H. 2010. Gogangra laevis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.

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Gogangra laevis

Gogangra laevis
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Gogangra laevis

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