Chandramara chandramara is a species of catfish in the family Bagridae. It is native to Bangladesh and India. This species reaches about 5 centimetres (2 in) SL and inhabits beels, ditches, streams, and canals. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Chandramara.[1]
| Chandramara chandramara | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Chandramara Jayaram, 1972 |
| Species: | C. chandramara |
| Binomial name | |
| Chandramara chandramara (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
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This fish has a semi-transparent body which may or may not have speckles. This fish is a schooling species.[2]
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