Catla

Catla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Barbinae
Genus: Catla
Species: C. catla

Name

Catla Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1844: 410

Type species: Catla buchanani ♀ Valenciennes 1844 (= Cyprinus catla Hamilton 1822). Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Gibelion Heckel, 1843: 1014
• Tambra (subgenus of Hypselobarbus) Bleeker, 1860: 275, 311, 312

References

• Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1844: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. 17: i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp., Pls. 487-519.
• Ataur Rahman, A.K. 2003: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. Second Edition. Zoological Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh (Second Edition).: i-xviii + 1-394.

Vernacular names

English: Catla