BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Freshwater fish
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Marine water fish
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Both I and II
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Catla and Rohu are the examples of indigenous freshwater fishes. Freshwater fishes are rohu, calabash, catla, singhara, magur and singhi. They are found in rivers, ponds, lakes, etc. Marine fishes live in seawater.
Detailed explanation-2: -Catla (Labeo catla), (Bengali: , romanized: kātlā) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is (A) Catla and rohu are the examples of Freshwater fish.
Detailed explanation-4: -Catla has an upturned month with infringed lips while rohu has a ventrally pointed mouth with fringed lips. However, both the hybrids possess a terminal mouth with slightly fringed lower lip. The hybrids also possess a pair of maxillary barbels but shorter and not as prominent as in rohu.
Detailed explanation-5: -Rohu, Sardines, Catla, Common carp, Mackerel, Pomfret. Q. Catla and Rohu are the examples of indigenous freshwater fishes.