Described aboud gudusia chapra9fish). It containing its biological features, distribution, price, test etc.

2. There are 2 kinds of different species of
chapila are found
 Indian river shad, (Gudusia chapra)
 Ganges river gizzard shad, (Goniolosa manmina)

3. Bangladesh: Chapila,
Goni chapila,
Mukh-chuka Chapila,
Khoira
India: Koroti,
Mackundi,
Phophor

4. Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Gudusia
Species: G. chapra

5. Distribution
 Bangladesh
 India
 Srilanka

6. Distribution
 Found in river and associated water body
 Estuaries of Bangladesh
 Found in large river system of Jamuna, Ganga,
Brahmaputra

7. Habit & Habitant
 Generally surface dwellers and omnivorous
 Prefers turbid water and areas with more aquatic
vegetation

8. Habit & Habitant
 Breeds during the monsoon in stagnant water
 Always avoids weedy areas and prefers transparent
water

9. Morphology
 They are somehow look like ‘jhatka’. But their size is
much less than jhatka.

10. Morphology
 Body short and fairly deep and somewhat compressed

11. Morphology
 Mouth inferior and small
 Head 3.3 – 3.6 in standard
 Snout 0.6- 0.8

12. Morphology
 Length: 12 to 14.1 cm in Bangladesh
 maximum 20 cm found in Bangladesh
• maximum 28 cm found in India in 2001

13. Morphology
 Dorsal origin opposite to pelvic origin
 Pactoral as long as head excluding snout, reaching
above the origin pelvic
 Scales moderate, thin more or less adherent

14. Body color
 Body color grayish along back,
 silvery on sides and below,
 opercle and check yellow and fins are also yellowish

15. Importance
 A valuable food fish for human being and contributes
in major inland cathces

16.  Not only protein they are rich in moisture, fat and
ash..

17. They are also rich in Fe, Zn and
Calcium

18. Though they are not exported from our country
in largely but they are regarded as delicious
curry

19. Ecological Role
 Occupies the third trophic level in the aquatic food
chain
 An active competitor of Indian major craps in the
aquatic ecosystem

20. Conservation Status
 Abundantly caught rivers and boars of Bangladesh in
rainy season but from the report of ICUN Bangladesh,
2000 they are not threatened in Bangladesh