Chitala chitala
Chitala chitala | |
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Specimen from Karachi, Pakistan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Notopteridae |
Genus: | Chitala |
Species: | C. chitala
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Binomial name | |
Chitala chitala F. Hamilton, 1822
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Chitala chitala (Assamese: চিতল sitawl, Bengali: চিতল, chitol) is a
Indus, Ganges and Mahanadi River basins.[2] It is sometimes known as the Indian featherback or Indian knifefish.[3] In the past, it frequently included several related Chitala species, but these are now regarded as separate species.[2][4] The main species confused with this species is C. ornata (clown featherback or clown knifefish); a Southeast Asian species seen regularly in the aquarium trade.[3] The true C. chitala is very rare in the aquarium trade.[3]
Description
C. chitala reaches a maximum length of 122 cm (48 in), but more commonly reaches about 75 cm (30 in).
As food
Chital maasor jul, chital machher jhol, Chital Maccher Muitthya and Chital Maccher Peti are a regional delicacy in Bangladesh and neighbouring Assam and West Bengal in India.[5]
In religion
This species has a place in Hinduism as one of the avatars of Lord Narayana (Vishnu); in the first episode titled "Matsya", Narayana was born as a golden knifefish to kill the demon.[6]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Chitala chitala" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
- ^ a b c d e Seriously Fish: Chitala chitala. Retrieved 24 May 2014
- ^ a b c Roberts, T.R. (1992). Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383.
- ^ "Chital Macher Jhol". bongong.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "นารายณ์อวตาร ตอนที่ 1 "มัตสยาวตาร"". huexonline (in Thai).
External links
- Media related to Chitala chitala at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Chitala chitala at Wikispecies