| Anabas cobojius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Anabantidae |
| Genus: | Anabas |
| Species: | A. cobojius
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| Binomial name | |
| Anabas cobojius (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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| Extant distribution of Anabas cobojius , including that of uncertain origin | |
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Anabas cobojius, the Gangetic koi, popularly known as Koi in Bengali, is a species of climbing gourami native to Bangladesh and India, where it occurs in many types of standing water bodies. This species reaches a total length of 30 cm (12 in) and is carnivorous, feeding on water invertebrates and their larvae. It is of commercial importance as a food fish in its native range.[2] In addition to being fished, it may be threatened by siltation from deforestation and agricultural activities, pollution and habitat change by hydropower and dam development. The exact population is unknown. It spawns once during the rainy season from May–July.[1]
Popular culture[edit]
A Bengali idiom says ''Koi machher pran" or ''Life of Koi fish" as this fish can survive a long time outside of water.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chaudhry, S.; Pal, M. (2010). "Anabas cobojius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166593A6243318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166593A6243318.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Anabas cobojius" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ "কই মাছের প্রাণ". The Daily Ittefaq. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Deb, Apurba Krishna (2018). "'Surrender to nature': Worldviews and rituals of the small-scale coastal fishers of Bangladesh". Marine Policy. 92: 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.01.010. S2CID 158592981.