First record of the South American sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus in Bangladesh

Hossain, Md. Yeamin and Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur and Ahmed, Zoarder Faruque and Ohtomi, Jun and Islam, A. B M S (2008) First record of the South American sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus in Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 24 (6). pp. 718-720. ISSN 0175-8659 (P), 1439-0426(O)

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Abstract

Native to South and Central America, many of the 700 species of suckermouth armored catfishes (Loricariidae, Siluriformes) are popular with aquarium hobbyists as algae-controlling ornamental fishes and are therefore bred, shipped and sold around the world. They are characterized by bony plates covering the body, a pair of subterminal barbels, sucking lips, usually a spine in front of the adipose fin, and a flat-bottom body shape (Page and Burr, 1991), and are naturally occurring in a variety of freshwater habitats from sea level to 3000 m, often surviving in conditions that exclude other fishes. Members of the genus Pterygoplichthys differ from most other loricariids by having a large dorsal fin with 10 or more dorsal fin rays, which gives them their common name �sailfin catfish (Nico and Martin, 2001; Nelson et al., 2004; Page and Robins, 2006). Three species of Pterygoplichthys (Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus, Pterygoplichthys pardalis, and Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus) are closely related in that they lack an elevated supraoccipital process and have the supraoccipital bone posteriorly bordered by three scutes. Among these three species only P. multiradiatus (Hancock, 1898) has a pattern of uncoalesced dark spots on a light background (Page and Robins, 2006)

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6647/3376
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science > Institute of Oceanography and Maritime Studies
Depositing User:	Dr. Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman
Date Deposited:	10 May 2012 14:23
Last Modified:	10 May 2012 14:23
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/3376

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