Species Profile
Labeo rohita
Rohu
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsteichthyes
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Labeo rohita lives in rivers and ponds.
Herbivorous or omnivorous.
Economically very important.
Size & Structure
01
Laterally compressed body
02
Small terminal mouth
03
Silvery body
04
Forked tail
Labeo rohita — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, single
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (bony)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Grazes aquatic plants
Freshwater food web
Nutrient cycling
Economic Importance
Major food fish
Aquaculture backbone
High market value