This presentation provides information on the Foli fish. It discusses the local and scientific names of the fish, its classification, physical description, external features like fins and scales, habitat and habits such as breeding during May-June. It also covers the fish's distribution in South Asia, diet as a carnivore preying on smaller fish and invertebrates, economic importance as a food fish, ecological role in ponds, and vulnerable conservation status in Bangladesh due to habitat loss. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience.

1. PRESENTATION ON FOLI FISH
BY
MD. ABDUS SALAM
Roll : ASH1602021M
Year : I , Term : II
Session : 2015-16
NSTU

2. NAME
LOCAL NAME :
English : Brozen Featherback & Grey Featherback
Bangladesh : Foli, Pholoi
India : Patola, Pholui, Kanduli, Battu
COMMON NAME : Brozen Featherback
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Notopterus notopterus

3. CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-phylum: Vertebrate
Super-class: Gnathostomata
Class: Osteichthyes
Subclass: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Notopteridae
Genus : Notopterus
Species: Notopterus Notopterus

4. DESCRIPTION
Body highly compressed and dorsal and
ventral profile almost equally convex
Both jaws about equal
Scales minute
Dorsal fin short
Anal fin long and confluent with caudal fin
Body color silvery-white and numerous fin
gray spots on body and head
Lateral line present

5. EXTERNAL FEATURES
TYPE OF FIN :
 Dorsal
 Pectoral
 Anal
TYPE OF SCALE : In minute amount
MOUTH POSITION : Terminal
TEETH : Villiform

6. HABITS AND
HABITATS
• Predatory in nature and
carnivorous in habitat
• Breeds in stagnant or running
water during the months of
May-June
• Offers parental care
• Found in rivers, canals,
floodplains, beels

7. DISTRIBUTION
Widely distributed all over
Bangladesh
Also found In Pakistan,
India, Nepal, Mayanmar,
Thailand, Malaysia,
Indonesia

8. FOOD AND FEEDING HABIT
 This is a carnivorous fish
 Feeds on varios Annelids, Arthropods, Molluscs
 Predate on smaller fish but ignore larger fish.

9. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
Mainly used as food fish
The flesh tastes sweet but full of small bone
Also used as ornamental fish species in aquarium

10. ECOLOGICAL ROLE
• Some fish farmers use
this fish in their culture
ponds to remove the
unwanted fish

11. STATUS AND CONSERVATION
Vulnerable in Bangladesh
due to habitat loss
Habitat restoration and
propagation of the species
through natural bredding are
appropriate management
options

12. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FHOLI AND
CHETOL
Chitala chitala Notopterus notopterus

13. THANK YOU ALL 