Fish Name and Scientific Name
Fish Name and Scientific Name
|
Local Bangladesh name |
Common English name |
Scientific Name |
| Ar | Giant river-catfish | Sperata aor |
| Along | Bengala barb | Megarasbora elanga |
| Angra labeo | —– | Labeo angra |
| Anju | Zebrafish | Danio rerio |
| Arwari | Menoda catfish | Hemibagrus menoda |
| Baghair | Dwarf goonch | Bagarius bagarius |
| Bai-la | —– | Awaous guamensis |
| Baim | Zig-zag eel/Tire track eel | Mastacembelus armatus |
| Boitka | —– | Labeo pangusia |
| Balichura | Balitora minnow | Psilorhynchus balitora |
| Balichura | Rainbow minnow | Psilorhynchus gracilis |
| Bamush | Bengal eel | Ophisternon bengalense |
| Bane-hara | Indian mottled eel | Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis |
| Bansh-pata/Debari | Sind danio | Devario devario |
| Bansh-pata/Bati | Broad-mouthed mullet/Large-scaled mullet | Paramugil parmatus |
| Barali | Barred baril | Barilius barila |
| Baril/Joiya | Hamilton’s barila | Barilius bendelisis |
| Bata/Bangna | Reba | Labeo ariza |
| Bata | Bata | Labeo bata |
| Batasi | Indian potasi | Neotropius atherinoides |
| Bechi | Whitespot/Blue panchax | Aplocheilus panchax |
| Bele | Scribbled goby | Awaous grammepomus |
| Bele | Tank goby | Glossogobius giuris |
| Bhadi puti | Pool barb | Puntius sophore |
| Bhangan | Boga labeo | Labeo boga |
| Bhetki | Barramundi/Barramundi perch | Lates calcarifer |
| Bhol | Trout barb | Raiamas bola |
| Kuli/Bhut bele | Dusky sleeper | Eleotris fusca |
| Bilchuri | Mottled loach | Acanthocobitis botia |
| Boal | Wallago | Wallago attu |
| Borguni | Jarbua terapon | Terapon jarbua |
| Bou/Rani | Bengal loach | Botia dario |
| Bou mach | Hora loach | Botia dayi |
| Bou mach | Reticulate loach | Botia lohachata |
| Murari | Carplet | Aspidoparia morar |
| Magor/Shing | —– | Gagata youssoufi |
| Chondon Ilish | Toli shad | Tenualosa toli |
| Chapila | Ganges River Gizzard Shad | Gonialosa manmina |
| Chapila | Indian River Shad | Gudusia chapra |
| Chebli | Giant Danio | Devario aequipinnatus |
| Cheka | Squarehead Catfish | Chaca chaca |
| Chela | Silver razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma acinaces |
| Chela | Large razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma bacaila |
| Chela | Finescale razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma phulo |
| Chenua | Sisor Catfish | Sisor rabdophorus |
| Chep chela/Laubucha | Indian Glass Barb | Chela laubuca |
| Chewa | —– | Pseudapocryptes elongatus |
| Chitol | Clown Knifefish | Chitala chitala |
| Foli/Chitol | Bronze featherback | Notopterus notopterus |
| Chuna | Honey gourami | Trichogaster chuna |
| Chunobele | —– | Gobiopterus chuno |
| Common carp | Common carp | Cyprinus carpio carpio |
| Dahuk | Boddart’s goggle-eyed goby | Boleophthalmus boddarti |
| Dahuk | Walking goby | Scartelaos histophorus |
| Dari (fish) | —– | Schistura scaturigina |
| Darkina | Flying barb | Esomus danricus |
| Darkina | Slender rasbora | Rasbora daniconius |
| Darkina | Gangetic scissortail rasbora | Rasbora rasbora |
| Dhal magor | —– | Glyptothorax telchitta |
| Ek thouta | Wrestling halfbeak | Dermogenys pusilla |
| Gechua | —– | Channa gachua |
| Gechua | Walking snakehead | Channa orientalis |
| Gagla | Gagora catfish | Arius gagora |
| Gong magor | Gray eel-catfish | Plotosus canius |
| Gong tengra | —– | Gagata cenia |
| Gong tengra | —– | Gogangra viridescens |
| Gong tengra | —– | Nangra nangra |
| Kabashi Tengra | Gangetic mystus | Mystus cavasius |
| Ghor poi-ya | Sucker head | Garra gotyla gotyla |
| Ghonia | Boggut labeo | Labeo boggut |
| Ghor poa | —– | Garra annandalei |
| Ghora chela | —– | Securicula gora |
| Ghora mach | —– | Labeo dyocheilus |
| Gilipunti | Golden barb | Puntius gelius |
| Gobi (fish) | —– | Apocryptes bato |
| Goti poa | Largescale archerfish | Toxotes chatareus |
| Gozar | Great snakehead | Channa marulius |
| Grass carp | Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| Gura tengra | —– | Chandramara chandramara |
| Gutum | Annandale loach | Lepidocephalichthys annandalei |
| Gutum | Guntea loach | Lepidocephalichthys guntea |
| Hatchetfish | —– | Chela cachius |
| Ilish | Hilsa shad | Tenualosa ilisha |
| Jaya | Jaya | Aspidoparia jaya |
| Kechhki | Ganges river sprat | Corica soborna |
| Kechhki | Yellowtail mullet | Sicamugil cascasia |
| Kajuli | Gangetic ailia | Ailia coila |
| Kajuli | Jamuna ailia | Ailiichthys punctata |
| Kakila | Freshwater garfish | Xenentodon cancila |
| Kalibaus | Orange-fin labeo | Labeo calbasu |
| Kachon punti | Rosy barb | Puntius conchonius |
| Kani pabda | Butter catfish | Ompok bimaculatus |
| Kani tengra | —– | Glyptothorax cavia |
| Kani tengra | Painted catfish | Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi |
| Kani tengra | —– | Pseudolaguvia shawi |
| Karati hangar | Knifetooth sawfish | Anoxypristis cuspidata |
| Kathal pata | Pan sole | Brachirus pan |
| Katol | Catla | Catla catla |
| Kawai’in | Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus |
| Keti (fish) | —– | Osteobrama cotio cotio |
| Khailsha | Banded gourami | Colisa fasciata |
| Khaksa | —– | Barilius barna |
| Kharu | Rice-paddy eel | Pisodonophis boro |
| Khorsula | Corsula | Rhinomugil corsula |
| Koi | Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus |
| Koi | Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus |
| Koirka | —– | Schistura corica |
| Koitor | Coitor croaker | Johnius coitor |
| Koksa | —– | Barilius shacra |
| Koksa | —– | Barilius vagra |
| Kosuati | —– | Oreichthys cosuatis |
| Kuchia | Cuchia | Monopterus cuchia |
| Kuli (fish) | Duckbill sleeper | Butis butis |
| Kumirer khil | —– | Ichthyocampus carce |
| Kumirer khil | Crocodile-tooth pipefish | Microphis cuncalus |
| Kumirer khil | Deocata pipefish | Microphis deocata |
| Kursha (fish) | Kalabans | Sinilabeo dero |
| Kuta kanti | Conta catfish | Conta conta |
| Kutakanti | —– | Erethistes hara |
| Kutakanti | —– | Erethistes jerdoni |
| Kutakanti | —– | Erethistes pusillus |
| Lal kholisha | Dwarf gourami | Colisa lalia |
| Lomba chanda | Elongate glass-perchlet | Chanda nama |
| Madhu pabda | Pabdah catfish | Ompok pabda |
| Magur | African catfish / North African catfish | Clarias gariepinus |
| Minor carp | —– | Crossocheilus latius |
| Mola punti | Glass-barb | Puntius guganio |
| Mola | Indian carplet | Amblypharyngodon microlepis |
| Mola | Mola carplet | Amblypharyngodon mola |
| Mrigol | Mrigal | Cirrhinus cirrhosus |
| Muri bacha | —– | Eutropiichthys murius |
| Muribacha | Garua Bachcha | Clupisoma garua |
| Nandil | —– | Labeo nandina |
| Napte koi | Badis | Badis badis |
| Neftani | Frail gourami | Ctenops nobilis |
| Nilotica | Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus niloticus |
| Nodoi | Gangetic leaffish | Nandus nandus |
| Nuna bailla | —– | Brachygobius nunus |
| Nuna-tengra | Long whiskers catfish | Mystus gulio |
| Olive danio | —– | Danio dangila |
| Pabda catfish | Pabo catfish | Ompok pabo |
| Panga | Java loach | Pangio oblonga |
| Pangas | Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius |
| Pankal baim | Barred spiny eel | Macrognathus pancalus |
| Pathar chata | —– | Barilius tileo |
| Phasa(fish) | Gangetic hairfin anchovy | Setipinna phasa |
| Phopa chanda | Himalayan glassy perchlet | Pseudambassis baculis |
| Phutani punti | Spottedsail barb | Puntius phutunio |
| Poa(fish) | Pama croaker | Otolithoides pama |
| Poia | Somileptus gongota | —– |
| Potka | Green pufferfish | Tetraodon fluviatilis |
| Pug-headed mud skipper | Giant mudskipper | Periophthalmodon schlosseri |
| Puiya | Burmese loach | Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei |
| Puiya | Loktak loach | Lepidocephalichthys irrorata |
| Punti(fish) | Swamp barb | Puntius chola |
| Punti(fish) | Puntio barb | Puntius puntio |
| Putitor mohashoul | Golden mahseer | Tor putitora |
| Mohashoul | —– | Tor Tor |
| Rajputi | Java barb | Barbonymus gonionotus |
| Ranga chanda | Indian glassy fish | Parambassis ranga |
| Rata boura | Purple spaghetti-eel | Moringua raitaborua |
| Rita (fish) | Rita | Rita rita |
| River catfish | —– | Eutropiichthys vacha |
| Rui | Rohu | Labeo rohita |
| Sapla pata | Pale-edged stingray | Dasyatis zugei |
| Savon khorka | —– | Schistura savona |
| Shada ghonia | Kuria labeo | Labeo gonius |
| Shankhachii | Banded eagle ray | Aetomylaeus nichofii |
| Shillong (fish) | Silonia silondia | —– |
| Shingi | Stinging catfish | Heteropneustes fossilis |
| Shoul | Snakehead murrel | Channa striata |
| Shorpunti | Olive barb | Puntius sarana |
| Silver carp | Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
| Snake eel | Longfin snake-eel | Pisodonophis cancrivorus |
| Stripped dwarf catfish | Mystus tengara | —– |
| Suncush | Dwarf whipray | Himantura walga |
| Suncush | Cowtail stingray | Pastinachus sephen |
| Taki (fish) | Spotted snakehead | Channa punctata |
| Tapse | Mango Fish / Cichlid | Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii |
| Tara baim | Lesser spiny eel | Macrognathus aculeatus |
| Tengra | —– | Batasio batasio |
| Tengra | —– | Batasio tengana |
| Tengra | Day’s mystus | Mystus bleekeri |
| Tengra | Striped dwarf catfish | Mystus vittatus |
| Tepa | Ocellated pufferfish | Tetraodon cutcutia |
| Teri punti | —– | —– |
| Tiashol | Barca snakehead | Channa barca |
| Tilapia | Mozambique tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus |
| Tit punti | Puntius ticto | —– |
| Titari | River stone carp | Psilorhynchus sucatio |
| Tor mahseer | Tor mahseer | Tor tor |
| Utii | Chaguni | Chagunius chagunio |
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