Indian Catla Fish Seeds

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 (Labeo catla)also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important SouthAsian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae.It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, but has also been introduced elsewhere in South Asia and is commonly farmed.

In Nepal andneighbouring regions of India, up to Odisha, it is called Bhakura.

Catla is a fishwith large and broad head, a large protruding lower jaw, and upturned mouth. Ithas large, greyish scales on its dorsal side with a whitish belly. It reachesup to 182 cm (6.0 ft) in length and 38.6 kg in weight.

Catla is a surfaceand midwater feeder. Adults feed on zooplankton using large gill rakers, whileyoung ones feed on both zooplankton and phytoplankton. The catla is one of the mostimportant aquacultured freshwaterspecies in . It is grown in polyculture ponds withother carp-like fish, particularly with the roho labeo (Labeo rohita) and mrigal carp.