Menoda catfish (Hemibagrus menoda)

Scientific name: Hemibagrus menoda Hamilton, 1822

Menoda catfish (Hemibagrus menoda)

The Menoda catfish (Hemibagrus menoda) is a freshwater fish of the family Bagridae. Native range: Asia, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Godavari river drainages in Bangladesh and northern India. Reported from Nepal.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 44 - 45. Distinguished from its congeners by the following unique combination of characters: head length 32.7-33.5% SL, head depth 14.2-15.3% SL, depth of caudal peduncle 7.5-8.8% SL, eye diameter 11.9-12.3% HL, a pattern of dark dots arranged in vertical columns on the sides of the body, a convex snout and a broad, shallowly incised humeral process.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hemibagrus menoda
Family
Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia: Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Godavari river drainages in Bangladesh and northern India. Reported from Nepal.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Last updated