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"). 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 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. Another example is that of tengra (টেংরা) which is used to denote several species of catfishes from the families Mystus and Batasio. Bengali has multiple synonyms for a single species and a single word for multiple species (a generic term) as shown in the list below.
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External links Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Bangladesh - Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home (BdFISH) Fish's of Bangladesh Sea Fish BD






