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Labeo gonius (Minor carp; Kuria labeo)

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Language: Assamese; Bengali; Burmese; Czech; Finnish; Mandarin Chinese; Manipuri; Nepali

Wikipedia Abstract

The Kuria labeo (Labeo gonius) (Bengali: ঘুনিয়া, গৈন্না) is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is native to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Burma, and it is known from Afghanistan and Nepal. The fish has been known to reach 1.5 meters in length and weigh 1.4 kilograms. It is a freshwater fish usually found in rivers, and it is sometimes seen in paddy fields. It spawns during the monsoon around July and August. This fish is reared in aquaculture. It can be reared with some other carps, but it tends to compete with certain species.
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Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Indravati Tiger Reserve   Chhattishgarh, India      

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthogyrus betwai[2]
Cucullanus gonii[2]
Dogielius catlaius[2]
Plagioporus gonii[2]

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0