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Bangladesh is a country with thousands of rivers and ponds, and is notable as a fish-loving nation, acquiring the name machh-e bhat-e Bangali (which means, "Bengali by fish and rice").[1][2][3]
Ilish is the national fish of the country, and contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are both caught from the wild and farmed in artificial ponds.
Fishes of Bangladesh
[edit]Bengali also has a generic term for three related fish species from the family Polynemidae. A lakkha fish (লাক্ষা মাছ) may be Eleutheronema tetradactylum, Leptomelanosoma indicum or Polydactylus sexfilis.[4]
Bengali has multiple synonyms for a single species and a single word for multiple species (a generic term) as shown in the list below.
Bengali name | Name in Bengali characters[5] | Status | English common name |
Scientific name[6][7] | Image |
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Artamim or ar or ayir | আইড় or আরটামিম or আড় | native | Long-whiskered catfish | Sperata aor | |
Along or elong[8] | এলং | native | Bengal barb | Megarasbora elanga | |
Anju | আনজু | native | Zebrafish | Danio rerio | |
Baila | আরওয়ারি or ঘাগলা | native | Menoda catfish | Hemibagrus menoda | |
Bagair | বাগাইর or বাঘাইর | native | Dwarf goonch | Bagarius bagarius | |
Baan or baanehara | বানমাছ বানেহারা | native | Indian mottled eel | Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis | |
Baan, pakal or bamush | বানমাছ পাঁকাল বামুশ | native | Bengal eel | Ophisternon bengalense | |
Bai-la | বাইলা | native | Awaous guamensis | ||
Baim | বাইম | native | Zig-zag eel or tire-track eel | Mastacembelus armatus | |
Boitka | বইটকা | native | Labeo pangusia | ||
Bhetki or koral | ভেটকী or কোরাল | native | Barramundi | Lates calcarifer | |
Balichura | বালিচুরা | native | Balitora minnow | Psilorhynchus balitora | |
Balichura | বালিচুরা | native | Rainbow minnow | Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus | |
Bansh-pata or debari | বাঁশপাতা or দেবারি | native | Sind danio | Devario devario | |
Bansh-pata or bati | বাঁশপাতা or বাটা | native | Broad-mouthed mullet or large-scaled mullet | Paramugil parmatus | |
Barali | বারালি or বোরালি | native | Barred baril | Barilius barila | |
Baril or joiya | বারিল or জইয়া | native | Hamilton's barila | Opsarius bendelisis | |
Basa fish | বাসা or পাংগাস | introduced | Basa fish | Pangasius bocourti | |
Bata or bangna | বাটা or বাংনা | native | Reba | Labeo ariza | |
Bata | বাটা | native | Bata | Labeo bata | |
Batasi | বাতাসি | native | Indian batasi | Pachypterus atherinoides | |
Bechi | বেচি | native | Whitespot or blue panchax | Aplocheilus panchax | |
Bele | বেলে | native | Scribbled goby | Awaous grammepomus | |
Bhadi puti | ভাদি পুঁটি | native | Pool barb | Puntius sophore | |
Bhangan | ভাঙন or ভাঙ্গন | native | Boga labeo | Labeo boga | |
Bhol | ভোল | native | Trout barb | Raiamas bola | |
Bhola bhetki | ভোলা ভেটকি | native | Soldier croaker | Nibea soldado | |
Kuli or bhut bele | কুলি or ভূত বেলে | native | Dusky sleeper | Eleotris fusca | |
Bilchuri | বিলচুরি | native | Mottled loach | Acanthocobitis botia | |
Boaal[9] | বোয়াল | native | Wallago | Wallago attu | |
Borguni | বোরগুনি | native | Jarbua terapon | Terapon jarbua | |
Bou or rani | বৌমাছ or রানি | native | Bengal loach | Botia dario | |
Bou mach | বৌমাছ or রানি | questionable | Hora loach | Botia dayi | |
Murari | মুরারি | native | Carplet | Aspidoparia morar | |
Magor or shing | মাগুর or শিঙি মাছ | native | Torrent catfish | Amblyceps mangois | |
Gong tengra | গং টেংরা | native | Gagata gagata | ||
Magur or shing | মাগুর or শিঙি মাছ | native | Gagata youssoufi | ||
Chandan ilish | চন্দনা or চন্দন ইলিশ | native | Toli shad | Tenualosa toli | |
Chapila | চাপিলা | native | Ganges River gizzard shad | Gonialosa manmina | |
Chapila | চাপিলা | native | Indian river shad | Gudusia chapra | |
Chebli | চেবলি | native | Giant danio | Devario aequipinnatus | |
Chaka | চাকা | native | Squarehead catfish | Chaca chaca | |
Chela | চেলা | questionable | Silver razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma acinaces | |
Chep chela or laubucha | চেপ চেলা or লাউবুচা | native | Indian glass barb | Chela laubuca | |
Chewa | চেওয়া | native | Pseudapocryptes elongatus | ||
Chitol[9] | চিতল or চেতল | native | Clown knifefish | Chitala chitala | |
Pholi | ফলি | native | Bronze featherback | Notopterus notopterus | |
Chuno or Chuna khoilsha | চুনো or চুনা খইলশা | native | Honey gourami | Trichogaster chuna | |
Chunobele | চুনোবেলে | native | Gobiopterus chuno | ||
Common carp | কমন কার্প | introduced | Common carp | Cyprinus carpio carpio | |
Dahuk | ডাহুক | native | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby | Boleophthalmus boddarti | |
Dahuk or hatuni darak | ডাহুক or হাঁটুনি দারাক | native | Walking goby | Scartelaos histophorus | |
Dari | ডারি | native | Schistura scaturigina | ||
Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Flying barb | Esomus danricus | |
Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Slender rasbora | Rasbora daniconius | |
Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Gangetic scissortail rasbora | Rasbora rasbora | |
Deshi koi | দেশি কই | native | Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus | |
Dhal magor | ঢাল মাগুর | native | Glyptothorax telchitta | ||
Ek thouta | এক থৌতা | questionable | Wrestling halfbeak | Dermogenys pusilla | |
Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Channa gachua | ||
Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Walking snakehead | Channa orientalis | |
Gagla | গাগলা | native | Gagora catfish | Arius gagora | |
Gong magor | গং মাগুর | native | Gray eel-catfish | Plotosus canius | |
Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Gagata cenia | ||
Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Gogangra viridescens | ||
Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Nangra nangra | ||
Kabashi tengra | গুলসা, গুলসা-টেংরা or কাবাশি টেংরা | native | Gangetic mystus | Mystus cavasius | |
Ghor poi-ya | ঘর পোয়া | native | Sucker head | Garra gotyla | |
Ghonia | ঘনিয়া | native | Boggut labeo | Labeo boggut | |
Ghor poa | ঘর পোয়া | introduced | Garra annandalei | ||
Ghora chela | ঘোড়া চেলা | native | Securicula gora | ||
Ghora mach | ঘোড়া মাছ | native | Labeo dyocheilus | ||
Gilipunti | গিলি পুঁটি | native | Golden barb | Puntius gelius | |
Gobi | বেলে | native | Mudskipper | Apocryptes bato | |
Goti poa | গোটি পোয়া | native | Largescale archerfish | Toxotes chatareus | |
Gojar | গজার | native | Great snakehead | Channa marulius | |
Grass carp | গ্রাস কার্প | introduced | Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | |
Gura tengra | গুরা টেঙ্গরা | native | Chandramara chandramara | ||
Gutum | গুতুম | native | Annandale loach | Lepidocephalichthys annandalei | |
Gutum | গুতুম | native | Guntea loach | Lepidocephalichthys guntea | |
Gurjāli | গুরজালি or গুরজাউলি | native | Indian salmon | Eleutheronema tetradactylum | |
Rupali kachni | রূপালী কাচনি | native | Freshwater hatchetfish | Chela cachius | |
Ilish | ইলিশ | native | Great ilish or hilsa | Tenualosa ilisha | |
Jaya | জয়া | native | Jaya | Aspidoparia jaya | |
Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Ganges river sprat | Corica soborna | |
Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Yellowtail mullet | Sicamugil cascasia | |
Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Gangetic ailia | Ailia coila | |
Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Jamuna ailia | Ailiichthys punctata | |
Kakila | কাকিলা | native | Freshwater garfish | Xenentodon cancila | |
Kalibaus | কালিবাউস or কালবোশ | native | Orange-fin labeo | Labeo calbasu | |
Kachon punti | কাচোন পুঁটি | native | Rosy barb | Puntius conchonius | |
Kani pabda | কানি পাবদা | native | Butter catfish | Ompok bimaculatus | |
Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Glyptothorax cavia | ||
Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Painted catfish | Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi | |
Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Pseudolaguvia shawi | ||
Karati hangar | করাতি হাঙর | native | Knifetooth sawfish | Anoxypristis cuspidata | |
Kathal pata | কাঁঠাল পাতা | native | Pan sole | Brachirus pan | |
Katla[9] | কাতলা | native | Indian carp or Indian katla | Catla catla | |
Keti | কেটি | native | Osteobrama cotio | ||
Kholshe, khoulsha or goroy | খলশে, খৌলশা or গরই | native | Banded gourami | Trichogaster fasciata | |
Khaksa | খাকসা | native | Barna baril | Opsarius barna | |
Kharu | খারু | native | Rice-paddy eel | Pisodonophis boro | |
Khoyra | খয়রা | native | Chatoessus manminna | ||
Khorsula or khur khula | খোরসুলা or খর খুলা | native | Corsula | Rhinomugil corsula | |
Koi | কৈ | native | Climbing gourami | Anabas cobojius | |
Koi koral | কৈ কোরাল | native | Atlantic tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis |
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Koirka | কৈরকা | native | Nemacheilus corica | ||
Koitor | কোইটুর | native | Coitor croaker | Johnius coitor | |
Koksa | কোকসা or ককসা | native | Barilius shacra | ||
Kosuati or kosa puti | কোসুয়াটি or কোসা পুঁটি | native | Oreichthys cosuatis | ||
Kuchia | কুঁচে, কুচিয়া or কুইচ্চা | native | Swamp eel | Monopterus cuchia | |
Kuli | কুলি | native | Duckbill sleeper | Butis butis | |
Kumirer khil | কুমিরের খিল | native | Deocata pipefish | Microphis deocata | |
Kursha | কুরসা | native | Kalabans | Sinilabeo dero | |
Kuta kanti | কুটি কানটি | native | Conta catfish | Erethistes pusillus | |
Lal kholisha | লাল খোলিশা or খলশে | native | Dwarf gourami | Trichogaster lalius | |
Lotey | লোটে, ল্যাটা, লেটা or লইট্যা | native | Bombay duck | Harpadon nehereus | |
Lomba chanda or Nama chanda | লম্বা চাঁদা or নামা চান্দা | native | Elongate glassy perchlet | Chanda nama | |
Modhu pabda | মধু পাবদা | native | Pabdah catfish | Ompok pabda | |
Magur | মাগুর | introduced | Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | |
Pahari kala bata | পাহাড়ি কালা বাটা | native | Gangetic latia | Tariqilabeo latius | |
Mola punti | মলা পুঁটি | native | Glass barb | Pethia guganio | |
Mola | মলা | native | Mola carplet | Amblypharyngodon microlepis | |
Mōŭralā | মৌরলা | native | Indian carplet | Amblypharyngodon mola | |
Mrigel[9] | মৃগেল or মিরগেল | native | Mrigal carp | Cirrhinus cirrhosus | |
Muri bacha | মুরি বাচা | native | Eutropiichthys murius | ||
Muribacha | মুরিবাচা | native | Garua bachcha | Clupisoma garua | |
Nandil | নানডিল | native | Labeo nandina | ||
Napte koi | নাপতে কই | native | Badis | Badis badis | |
Neftani or Naftani | নেফটেনি or নাফতানি | native | Frail gourami | Ctenops nobilis | |
Nilotica | নিলোটিকা | introduced | Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus | |
Nodoy or Meni or Royna | নদয়, মেনি মাছ, ভেদা মাছ or রয়না মাছ | native | Gangetic leaffish | Nandus nandus | |
Nuna bailla | নুনা বেলে or নুনা বাইলা | native | Golden banded goby | Brachygobius nunus | |
Nuna-tengra | নুনা টেংরা | native | Long whiskers catfish | Mystus gulio | |
Gofalo nipati | গোঁফালো নিপাতী | native | Moustached danio | Danio dangila | |
Pakal | পাঁকাল | native | Eel | Anguilliformes sp. | |
Pabda | পাবদা | native | Indian catfish | Callichrus pabda | |
Panga | পাঙ্গা | native | Java loach | Pangio oblonga | |
Pangas | পাঙ্গাস or পাঙাশ | native | Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius | |
Pankal baim or Guchi baim | পনকাল বাইম or পাঁকাল বাম or গুচি বাইম | native | Barred spiny eel | Macrognathus pancalus | |
Parshe or chaptamatha khorol | পারশে or চ্যাপ্টামাথা খরোল | native | Flathead grey mullet | Mugil cephalus | |
Pathar chata or Tila koksa | পাথর চাটা or তিলা কোকসা | native | Opsarius tileo | ||
Phasa | ফাশা or ফ্যাঁসা | questionable | Gangetic hairfin anchovy | Setipinna phasa | |
Phopa chanda | ফোপা চান্দা or ফোঁপা চাঁদা | native | Himalayan glassy perchlet | Pseudambassis baculis | |
Phutani punti | ফুটনি পুঁটি | native | Spottedsail barb | Pethia phutunio | |
Poa | পোয়া | native | Pama croaker | Otolithoides pama | |
Chanda or Pomfret | চাঁদা or পমফ্রেট | native | Pomfret | Brama brama | |
Potka | পটকা | native | Green pufferfish | Dichotomyctere fluviatilis | |
Shada fota dahuk | সাদা ফোঁটা ডাহুক | native | Giant mudskipper | Periophthalmodon schlosseri | |
Puiya | পুয়া | native | Burmese loach | Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei | |
Puti | পুঁটি | native | Swamp barb | Puntius chola | |
Punti or Tit Punti | পুঁটি or তিত পুঁটি | native | Ticto barb | Pethia ticto | |
Putitor mohashoul or Shonali mohashoul | মহাশোল | native | Golden mahseer | Tor putitora | |
Rajputi or Thai sorputi | রাজ পুঁটি or থাই সরপুটি | introduced | Java barb | Barbonymus gonionotus | |
Ranga chanda | রাঙ্গা চান্দা or রাঙা চাঁদা | native | Indian glassy fish | Parambassis ranga | |
Rata boura | রাটা বউরা | native | Purple spaghetti-eel | Moringua raitaborua | |
Rita | রিটা or রিঠা | native | Rita | Rita rita | |
Bacha or Bachua bacha | বাচা or বাচুয়া বাচা | native | Bacha | Eutropiichthys vacha | |
Rui or rohu[9] | রুই | native | Indian rui or rohu | Labeo rohita | |
Sapla pata | শাপলা পাটা | native | Pale-edged stingray | Telatrygon zugei | |
Savon khorka | শভন খোরকা or স্যভন খোরকা | native | Schistura savona | ||
Shada ghonia | সাদা ঘনিয়া | native | Kuria labeo | Labeo gonius | |
Shankhachii or Dagi shankhachil | শানকাচি or দাগি শঙ্খচিল | native | Banded eagle ray | Aetomylaeus nichofii | |
Shillong | শিলঙ্গ | native | Silond catfish | Silonia silondia | |
Shingi or Jhili shingi | শিঙি or শিঙ্গঘি or ঝিল শিংঘি | native | Stinging catfish | Heteropneustes fossilis | |
Shol | শৌল or শোল | native | Snakehead murrel | Channa striata | |
Sarpunti | সরপুঁটি | native | Olive barb | Puntius sarana | |
Silver carp | সিলভার কার্প | introduced | Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | |
Surma | সুরমা | native | king mackerel | Scomberomorus cavalla | |
Kuicha or Lomba pakhnar shap bain | কুইচা or লম্বা পাখনার সাপ বাইন | native | Longfin snake-eel | Pisodonophis cancrivorus | |
Bajuri tengra | বাজুরী টেংরা | native | Mystus tengara | ||
Sunkush | শুনকুশ | questionable | Dwarf whipray | Himantura walga | |
Taki | টাকি | native | Spotted snakehead | Channa punctata | |
Topshe | তপসে or তপস্বী | native | Mango fish or cichlid | Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii | |
Tara baim | তারা বাইম | native | Lesser spiny eel | Macrognathus aculeatus | |
Tengra | টেংরা | native | Tyangra | Batasio batasio, Mystus tengara or Mystus vittatus | |
Tepa or Pati potka | ট্যাঁপা or পাতি পটকা | native | Ocellated pufferfish | Tetraodon cutcutia | |
Teri punti | টেরা পুঁনটি or টেরি পুঁটি | native | Onespot barb | Puntius terio | |
Tiashol or Tila shol | টিয়াশোল or তিলা শোল | native | Barca snakehead | Channa barca | |
Telapia | তেলাপিয়া | introduced | Indian tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus | |
Titari | তিতারী | native | River stone carp | Psilorhynchus sucatio | |
Tor mahseer or Mohashoul | মহাশির or মহাশোল | native | Tor mahseer | Tor tor | |
Uti or Urti | উটি or উর্তি | native | Chaguni | Chagunius chagunio |
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