Length-Weight Relationships (LWRs) of Four Loach Species of the Cobitidae Family from the Surma River, Bangladesh

Table 1

Habitat, family, biodiversity status, and fish value of the four species of loaches from the Cobitidae family in the Surma River, Bangladesh.

Family	Species	English name	Habitat	IUCN status (2015)	Fish value	Remarks
Cobitidae	Lepidocephalichthys annandalei (Chaudhuri, 1912)	Annadale loach	Freshwater	LC	Ornamental fish/food fish	L. thermalis, commonly found in India and Sri Lanka, for the first time reported in Bangladesh
	Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846)	Spotted loach or common spiny loach	Freshwater	DD	Ornamental fish/food fish
	Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton, 1822)	Guntea loach	Freshwater	LC	Food fish
	Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei (Blyth,1860)	Beardmore’s stone loach	Freshwater	EN	Ornamental fish

LC = least concern, EN = endangered, DD = data deficient [25].