Chelondon patoca is a Misspelled Synonym of Chelonodon patoca that must not be used.

Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)

Gangetic pufferfish - Potka - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Tetraodontiformes
Family	:	Tetraodontidae
Genus	:	Chelonodon
Species	:	Chelonodon patoca

Common Names:

English	:	Gangetic pufferfish[6]
Bangla	:	Potka[5] Fotka[5]

Synonyms:

Tetrodon patoca Hamilton, 1822
Leiodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)
Tetraodon patoca Hamilton, 1822
Chelondon patoca (Hamilton, 1822)
Chelonodon potoca (Hamilton, 1822)
Tetrodon dissutidens Cantor, 1849 Oct-Dec
Tetraodon kappa Bleeker, 1850 Dec
Arothron kappa (Bleeker, 1850 Dec)
Cheilichthys kappa (Bleeker, 1850 Dec)
Chelonodon kappa (Bleeker, 1850 Dec)

Maximum Length and Weight:

30 cm (TL) and 300 g ^[1657]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 2.9-3 : 2.4-2.5 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 3.5-3.8 : 2.8-3.1 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 6-7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 2.4-3 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 4-4.2 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 10-11; P₁. 17-18; P₂. absent; A. 8-10; C. 10-11 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D 9-10; A 8-10; P 15-16 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
D 10-11; P 8-10; C 10-11 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}
D 10-11; A 8-10; P 18; C 10-11 ^{[Bhuiyan, 1964]}

Scales:

True scales absent. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [698]
Bangladesh	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [417]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Kenya[894] Mozambique[894] Somalia[894] South Africa[894] Tanzania[894] Andaman Island[746] Bahrain[895] Bangladesh[70] China[845] Hong Kong[868] India[6] Indonesia[449] Iran[896] Japan[453] Kuwait[856] Maldives[897] Myanmar[857] Oman[899] Philippines[900] Qatar[895] United Arab Emirates[895] Vietnam[871] Australia[903] Palau[874] Papua New Guinea[904]
Bangladesh	:	Padma river, Rajshahi[274] Passur River, Khulna[752] Mahananda River, Chapainawabganj[775] Meghna river estuary, Noakhali[774]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
Estuary ^[347]

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears:
Bottom trawl net, Set bag net, Trawl Net, Gill net, Set bag net ^[1657]
Bottom trawl net, Set bag net, Trawl Net, Gill net, Set bag net ^[1657]
Market price: Data not available