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: Generally travels in large shoals, particularly as adults. Younger individuals (age-0 and age-1) often stay in sheltered backwaters before migrating to main river channels to feed.

: Prefers still or slow-moving waters, such as backwaters, floodplains, and shallow lakes with dense vegetation. They are also known to tolerate brackish coastal waters and estuaries. abramis brama

: A specialized feeder with a sub-inferior mouth that can extend like a tube. This allows it to sift through sediment for chironomids, small crustaceans, and mollusks. It can also switch to filter feeding when zooplankton is abundant. : Generally travels in large shoals, particularly as adults