DOI: 10.14798/73.2.796
Short communication, Note
THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae)
2015, 73 (2) p. 77-79
Md. Yeamin Hossain, Rafiqul Islam, Zoarder Faruque Ahmed, Md. Mosaddequr Rahman, Md. Alomgir Hossen, S. M. Abu Naser, Raisul Islam Rasel
Abstract
The threatened stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis is a nutritionally valuable food in Asian countries but its natural populations have declined due to over-exploitation, habitat loss and pollution, thus deserving high conservation importance for the remaining isolated, wild populations of H. fossilis in Asian countries.