VPP 322: Aquatic Animal Diseases, Health Care and Management (1+1)

Cirrhina mrigala (Mrigal)

MRIGAL

Scientific name: Cirrhinus mrigala

The identification features are Body bilaterally symmetrical, linear and streamlined, its depth about equal to length of head usually dark Body grey above, silvery beneath  Small head with blunt snout often with pores Mouth broad, sub- terminal mouth upper lip entire and not continuous with lower lip, lower lip most indistinct with thin non-fringed lips Bright silvery body with golden tinge Caudal fin deeply forked Dorsal fin greyish; pectoral, pelvic and anal fins orange-tipped (especially during breeding season).