Foli fish

English : Brozen Featherback & Grey Featherback
Bangladesh : Foli, Pholoi
India : Patola, Pholui, Kanduli, Battu
Common name : Brozen Featherback
Scientific name : Notopterus notopterus

1. Presentation on foli fish by md. Abdus salam Roll : ash1602021m Year : I , Term : II Session : 2015-16 NSTU

2. name Local name : English : Brozen Featherback & Grey Featherback Bangladesh : Foli , Pholoi India : Patola , Pholui , Kanduli , Battu Common name : Brozen Featherback Scientific name : Notopterus notopterus

3. classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Sub-phylum: Vertebrate Super-class: Gnathostomata Class: Osteichthyes Subclass: Actinopterygii Order: Osteoglossiformes Family: Notopteridae Genus : Notopterus Species : Notopterus Notopterus

4. Description Body highly compressed and dorsal and ventral profile almost equally convex Both jaws about equal Scales minute Dorsal fin short Anal fin long and confluent with caudal fin Body color silvery-white and numerous fin gray spots on body and head Lateral line present

5. External features Type of fin : Dorsal Pectoral Anal Type of scale : In minute amount Mouth position : Terminal TEETH : Villiform

6. HABITS AND HABITATS Predatory in nature and carnivorous in habitat Breeds in stagnant or running water during the months of May-June Offers parental care Found in rivers, canals, floodplains, beels

7. distribution Widely distributed all over Bangladesh Also found In Pakistan, India, Nepal, Mayanmar , Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

8. Food and feeding habit This is a carnivorous fish Feeds on varios Annelids, Arthropods, Molluscs Predate on smaller fish but ignore larger fish .

9. Economic importance Mainly used as food fish The flesh tastes sweet but full of small bone Also used as ornamental fish species in aquarium

10. Ecological role Some fish farmers use this fish in their culture ponds to remove the unwanted fish

11. Status and conservation Vulnerable in Bangladesh due to habitat loss Habitat restoration and propagation of the species through natural bredding are appropriate management options

12. Difference between fholi and chetol Chitala chitala Notopterus notopterus

13. Thank you all 