Catla (Labeo catla; Bengali: কাতলা, romanized: kātlā) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae.

Sep 6, 2024 · Catla fish is a freshwater fish species that is commonly found in large rivers, lakes, and reservoirs in the Indian subcontinent. It prefers slow-moving and standing water. It is highly available in almost everywhere within India.

Aug 10, 2023 · Katla (Catla catla) is a freshwater fish species that holds significant importance in South Asia’s culinary and cultural landscape, particularly in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is one of the significant indigenous fish species in these regions and is often referred to as the “Indian carp.”

Jul 23, 2022 · Catla is a well-known fish of the Family Cyprinidae under the order Cypriniformes. This fish is very wide in proportion to its body length, its head and mouth are quite large. The space between the eyes is slightly convex.

Catla (Labeo catla), (Bengali: কাতলা, romanized: kātlā) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae.

Fish species: Catla catla, Labeo rohita, and Cirrhinus mrigala; family: Cyprinidae. Common name: Catla, Rohu, and Mrigal, respectively. The catla was formerly listed as the only species in the genus Catla, but this was a synonym of the genus Gibelion (Tenzin, 2010). The current valid name for this species is Gibelion catla (Fricke et al., 2020).

Catla is endemic to the riverine system in northern India, Indus plain and adjoining hills of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, and has been introduced later into almost all riverine systems, reservoirs and tanks all over India.

Surface and mid-water feeders, mainly omnivorous with juveniles feeding on aquatic and terrestrial insects, detritus and phytoplankton. Menon, A.G.K., 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. (Ref. 41236)

Catla catla is a planktivorous carp; preferably feeding on zooplankton. Digestive system is very short and straight at early stage, folding of digestive system starts on day-9 after hatching, coiling is visible after 19 days of hatching.

Adults occur in rivers, lakes and culture ponds (Ref. 41236). Mature individuals breed in rivers (Ref. 4832). Surface and mid-water feeders, mainly omnivorous with juveniles feeding on aquatic and terrestrial insects, detritus and phytoplankton. Menon, A.G.K. 1999 Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv.