Catla
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Catla (Labeo catla; Template:Langx) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, but has also been introduced elsewhere in South Asia and is commonly farmed.[1][2]
In Nepal and neighbouring regions of India, up to Odisha, it is called bhakura.
Catla is a fish with large and broad head, a large protruding lower jaw, and upturned mouth. It has large, greyish scales on its dorsal side with a whitish belly. It reaches up to 182 cm (6.0 ft) in length and Template:Cvt in weight.[2]
Catla is a surface and midwater feeder. Adults feed on zooplankton using large gill rakers, while young ones feed on both zooplankton and phytoplankton. Catla attains sexual maturity at an average age of two years and an average weight of Template:Cvt.
Taxonomy
The catla was formerly listed as the only species in the genus Catla, but this was a synonym of the genus Gibelion.[1][2] More recently, Catalog of Fishes has moved this species to Labeo.[3] This species has often been confused with the giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis) of south-east Asia as the two taxa bear an extraordinary resemblance to each other, especially in their very large heads.[1]
Aquaculture
The catla is one of the most important aquacultured freshwater species in South Asia.[5][6] It is grown in polyculture ponds with other carp-like fish, particularly with the roho labeo (Labeo rohita) and mrigal carp. The reported production numbers have increased sharply during the 2000s, and were in 2012 about 2.8 million tonnes per year.[5]
Catla is sold and consumed fresh, locally and regionally. It is transported on ice. Fish of Template:Cvt weight are preferred by consumers.[5]
The Catla fish (also known as Indian carp in Vietnam) was first successfully artificially bred in Vietnam in 1986. This research was conducted by Mr. Trịnh Quốc Khánh, a Bachelor of Biology and former Deputy Director of the Mekong Delta Aquaculture Research Center under the Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2 (Ministry of Fisheries). He was the primary person responsible for this study. Thanks to the artificial fertilization method and the efforts of Vietnamese researchers, this study was successfully implemented.
References
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- ^ Eschmeyer W (2014) Cyprinus catla Script error: No such module "webarchive". CAS Catalog of Fishes
- ^ FAO. 2024. Global Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture. Published March 29th, 2024. https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en
- ^ a b c Food and Aquaculture Organization of the United Nations, Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme: Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Catla_catla/en
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.de Graaf, Gertjan; Latif, Abdul (2002). "Development of freshwater fish farming and poverty alleviation: A case study from Bangladesh" (PDF). Aquaculture Asia. 7 (2): 5–7. S2CID 147703125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2023 – via Nefisco Foundation.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Catla catla". BdFISH. 20 February 2010.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Menon, A.G.K. (1999). "Check list - fresh water fishes of India". Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. (175): 366. ISBN 978-81-85874-15-9.
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