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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
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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] Another example is that of tengra (টেংরা) which is used to denote several species of catfishes from the families Mystus and Batasio.[5][6][a]
Bengali has multiple synonyms for a single species and a single word for multiple species (a generic term) as shown in the list below.[7]
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Bengali name | Name in Bengali characters[8] | Status | English common name | Scientific name[9][10] | Image | Order |
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Artamim, ar or ayir | আইড়, আরটামিম or আড় | native | Long-whiskered catfish | Sperata aor | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Along or elong[11] | এলং | native | Bengal barb | Megarasbora elanga | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Anju | আনজু | native | Zebrafish | Danio rerio | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Arowari or ghagla or gong tengra | আরওয়ারি or ঘাগলা or গাং টেংরা | native | Menoda catfish | Hemibagrus menoda | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Bagair | বাগাইর or বাঘাইর | native | Goonch | Bagarius bagarius | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Baan or baanehara | বানমাছ বানেহারা | native | Indian mottled eel | Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis | ![]() | Anguilliformes |
Baan, pakal or bamush | বানমাছ পাঁকাল বামুশ | native | Bengal eel | Ophisternon bengalense | ![]() | Synbranchiformes |
Bailla or bele | বাইলা or বেলে | native | Awaous guamensis | ![]() | Gobiiformes | |
Baim | বাইম | native | Zig-zag eel or tire-track eel | Mastacembelus armatus | ![]() | Synbranchiformes |
Boitka or Ghora muikha or Ghora mach or longu rui | বইটকা, ঘোড়া মুইখা, ঘোড়া মাছ or লংগু রুই | native | Labeo pangusia | Cypriniformes | ||
Bhetki or koral | ভেটকী or কোরাল | native | Barramundi | Lates calcarifer | Carangiformes | |
Balichura or belitora | বালিচুরা, বেলিটোরা or বেলিটুরা | native | Balitora minnow | Psilorhynchus balitora | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Balichura | বালিচুরা | native | Rainbow minnow | Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus | Cypriniformes | |
Bansh-pata or debari | বাঁশপাতা or দেবারি | native | Sind danio | Devario devario | Cypriniformes | |
Bansh-pata or bati | বাঁশপাতা or বাটা | native | Broad-mouthed mullet or large-scaled mullet | Paramugil parmatus | Mugiliformes | |
Barali | বারালি or বোরালি | native | Barred baril | Barilius barila | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Baril or joiya | বারিল or জইয়া | native | Hamilton's barila | Opsarius bendelisis | Cypriniformes | |
Basa fish | বাসা or পাংগাস | introduced | Basa fish | Pangasius bocourti | Siluriformes | |
Bata or bangna | বাটা or বাংনা | native | Reba | Labeo ariza | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Bata | বাটা | native | Bata | Labeo bata | Cypriniformes | |
Batasi | বাতাসি | native | Indian batasi | Pachypterus atherinoides | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Bechi | বেচি | native | Whitespot or blue panchax | Aplocheilus panchax | Cyprinodontiformes | |
Bailla or bele or dorakata bele | বাইলা or বেলে or ডোরাকাটা বেলে | native | Scribbled goby | Awaous grammepomus | Gobiiformes | |
Bhadi puti | ভাদি পুঁটি | native | Pool barb | Puntius sophore | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Bhangan | ভাঙন or ভাঙ্গন | native | Boga labeo | Labeo boga | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Bhol | ভোল | native | Trout barb | Raiamas bola | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Bhola bhetki | ভোলা ভেটকি | native | Soldier croaker | Nibea soldado | Acanthuriformes | |
Kuli or bhut bele | কুলি or ভূত বেলে | native | Dusky sleeper | Eleotris fusca | Gobiiformes | |
Bilchuri | বিলচুরি | native | Mottled loach | Acanthocobitis botia | Cypriniformes | |
Boaal[12] | বোয়াল | native | Wallago | Wallago attu | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Borguni | বোরগুনি | native | Jarbua terapon | Terapon jarbua | ![]() | Centrarchiformes |
Bou or rani | বৌমাছ or রানি | native | Bengal loach | Botia dario | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Bou mach | বৌমাছ or রানি | questionable | Zebra loach | Botia striata | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Murari | মুরারি | native | Carplet | Cabdio morar | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Magor or shing | মাগুর or শিঙি মাছ | native | Torrent catfish | Amblyceps mangois | Siluriformes | |
Gong tengra | গং টেংরা | native | Gagata gagata | Siluriformes | ||
Magur or shing | মাগুর or শিঙি মাছ | native | Gagata youssoufi | Siluriformes | ||
Chandan ilish | চন্দনা or চন্দন ইলিশ | native | Toli shad | Tenualosa toli | ![]() | Clupeiformes |
Chapila or khoyra | চাপিলা or খয়রা | native | Ganges River gizzard shad | Gonialosa manmina | Clupeiformes | |
Chapila | চাপিলা | native | Indian river shad | Gudusia chapra | ![]() | Clupeiformes |
Chebli | চেবলি | native | Giant danio | Devario aequipinnatus | Cypriniformes | |
Chaka | চাকা | native | Squarehead catfish | Chaca chaca | Siluriformes | |
Chela | চেলা | questionable | Silver razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma acinaces | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Chep chela or laubucha | চেপ চেলা or লাউবুচা | native | Indian glass barb | Laubuka laubuca | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Chewa | চেওয়া | native | Pseudapocryptes elongatus | Gobiiformes | ||
Chitol[12] | চিতল or চেতল | native | Clown knifefish | Chitala chitala | ![]() | Osteoglossiformes |
Pholi or foli | ফলি | native | Bronze featherback | Notopterus notopterus | Osteoglossiformes | |
Chuno or chuna khoilsha | চুনো or চুনা খইলশা | native | Honey gourami | Trichogaster chuna | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Chuno bele | চুনো বেলে | native | Gobiopterus chuno | Gobiiformes | ||
Common carp | কমন কার্প | introduced | Common carp | Cyprinus carpio carpio | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Dahuk | ডাহুক | native | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby | Boleophthalmus boddarti | Gobiiformes | |
Dahuk or hatuni darak | ডাহুক or হাঁটুনি দারাক | native | Walking goby | Scartelaos histophorus | ![]() | Gobiiformes |
Dari | ডারি | native | Schistura scaturigina | Cypriniformes | ||
Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Flying barb | Esomus danricus | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Slender rasbora | Rasbora daniconius | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Gangetic scissortail rasbora | Rasbora rasbora | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Deshi koi | দেশি কই | native | Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus | Anabantiformes | |
Dhal magor | ঢাল মাগুর | native | Glyptothorax telchitta | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Ek thouta | এক থৌতা | questionable | Wrestling halfbeak | Dermogenys pusilla | ![]() | Beloniformes |
Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Channa gachua | ![]() | Anabantiformes | |
Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Walking snakehead | Channa orientalis | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Gagla | গাগলা | native | Gagora catfish | Arius gagora | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Gong magor | গং মাগুর | native | Gray eel-catfish | Plotosus canius | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Gagata cenia | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Gogangra viridescens | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Nangra nangra | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Kabashi tengra | গুলসা, গুলসা-টেংরা or কাবাশি টেংরা | native | Gangetic mystus | Mystus cavasius | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Ghor poi-ya | ঘর পোয়া | native | Sucker head | Garra gotyla | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Ghonia | ঘনিয়া | native | Boggut labeo | Labeo boggut | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Ghor poa | ঘর পোয়া | introduced | Garra annandalei | Cypriniformes | ||
Ghora chela | ঘোড়া চেলা | native | Securicula gora | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Ghora mach | ঘোড়া মাছ | native | Labeo dyocheilus | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Gilipunti | গিলি পুঁটি | native | Golden barb | Pethia gelius | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Gobi | বেলে | native | Mudskipper | Apocryptes bato | ![]() | Gobiiformes |
Goti poa | গোটি পোয়া | native | Largescale archerfish | Toxotes chatareus | ![]() | Carangiformes |
Gojar | গজার | native | Great snakehead | Channa marulius | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Grass carp | গ্রাস কার্প | introduced | Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Gura tengra | গুরা টেঙ্গরা | native | Chandramara chandramara | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Gutum or onnondeler puiya | গুতুম or অনন্ডলের পুঁইয়া | native | Annandale loach | Lepidocephalichthys annandalei | Cypriniformes | |
Gutum or Moricha puiya | গুতুম or মরিচা পুঁইয়া | native | Guntea loach | Lepidocephalichthys guntea | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Gurjāli | গুরজালি or গুরজাউলি | native | Indian salmon | Eleutheronema tetradactylum | ![]() | Carangiformes |
Rupali kachni | রূপালী কাচনি | native | Freshwater hatchetfish | Chela cachius | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Ilish | ইলিশ | native | Great ilish or hilsa | Tenualosa ilisha | Clupeiformes | |
Jaya | জয়া | native | Jaya | Cabdio jaya | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Ganges river sprat | Corica soborna | ![]() | Clupeiformes |
Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Yellowtail mullet | Minimugil cascasia | ![]() | Mugiliformes |
Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Gangetic ailia | Ailia coila | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Jamuna ailia | Ailiichthys punctata | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Kakila | কাকিলা | native | Freshwater garfish | Xenentodon cancila | ![]() | Beloniformes |
Kalibaus | কালিবাউস or কালবোশ | native | Orange-fin labeo | Labeo calbasu | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Kachon punti | কাচোন পুঁটি | native | Rosy barb | Pethia conchonius | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Kani pabda | কানি পাবদা | native | Butter catfish | Ompok bimaculatus | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Glyptothorax cavia | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Painted catfish | Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi | Siluriformes | |
Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Pseudolaguvia shawi | ![]() | Siluriformes | |
Karati hangar | করাতি হাঙর | native | Knifetooth sawfish | Anoxypristis cuspidata | ![]() | Rhinopristiformes |
Panpata sorbuti or kathal pata | পানপাতা সরবতি or কাঁঠাল পাতা | native | Pan sole | Brachirus pan | ![]() | Carangiformes |
Katla[12] | কাতলা | native | Indian carp or Indian katla | Catla catla | Cypriniformes | |
Keti | কেটি | native | Osteobrama cotio | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Kholshe, khoulsha or goroy | খলশে, খৌলশা or গরই | native | Banded gourami | Trichogaster fasciata | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Khaksa | খাকসা | native | Barna baril | Opsarius barna | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Kharu | খারু | native | Rice-paddy eel | Pisodonophis boro | ![]() | Anguilliformes |
Khorsula or khur khula | খোরসুলা or খর খুলা | native | Corsula | Rhinomugil corsula | ![]() | Mugiliformes |
Koi | কৈ | native | Climbing gourami | Anabas cobojius | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Koi koral | কৈ কোরাল | native | Atlantic tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis |
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Koirka | কৈরকা | native | Nemacheilus corica | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Koitor | কোইটুর | native | Coitor croaker | Johnius coitor | Acanthuriformes | |
Koksa | কোকসা or ককসা | native | Barilius shacra | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Kosuati or kosa puti | কোসুয়াটি or কোসা পুঁটি | native | Oreichthys cosuatis | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Kuchia | কুঁচে, কুচিয়া or কুইচ্চা | native | Swamp eel | Monopterus cuchia | Synbranchiformes | |
Kuli | কুলি | native | Duckbill sleeper | Butis butis | ![]() | Gobiiformes |
Kumirer khil | কুমিরের খিল | native | Deocata pipefish | Microphis deocata | Syngnathiformes | |
Kursha or Katol kushi | কুরসা or কাতল কুশি | native | Kalabans | Sinilabeo dero | Cypriniformes | |
Kuta kanti | কুটি কানটি | native | Conta catfish | Erethistes pusillus | Siluriformes | |
Lal kholisha | লাল খোলিশা or খলশে | native | Dwarf gourami | Trichogaster lalius | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Lotey | লোটে, ল্যাটা, লেটা or লইট্যা | native | Bombay duck | Harpadon nehereus | ![]() | Aulopiformes |
Lomba chanda or Nama chanda | লম্বা চাঁদা or নামা চান্দা | native | Elongate glassy perchlet | Chanda nama | ![]() | Incertae sedis |
Modhu pabda or pabda | মধু পাবদা or পাবদা | native | Pabdah catfish | Ompok pabda | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Magur | মাগুর | introduced | Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Pahari kala bata | পাহাড়ি কালা বাটা | native | Gangetic latia | Tariqilabeo latius | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Mola punti | মলা পুঁটি | native | Glass barb | Pethia guganio | Cypriniformes | |
Mola | মলা | native | Indian carplet | Amblypharyngodon microlepis | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Mōŭralā | মৌরলা | native | Mola carplet | Amblypharyngodon mola | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Mrigel[12] | মৃগেল or মিরগেল | native | Mrigal carp | Cirrhinus cirrhosus | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Muri bacha | মুরি বাচা | native | Eutropiichthys murius | Siluriformes | ||
Muribacha | মুরিবাচা | native | Garua bachcha | Clupisoma garua | Siluriformes | |
Nandil | নানডিল | native | Labeo nandina | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Napte koi | নাপতে কই | native | Badis | Badis badis | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Neftani or naftani | নেফটেনি or নাফতানি | native | Frail gourami | Ctenops nobilis | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Nilotica | নিলোটিকা | introduced | Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus | Cichliformes | |
Nodoy, meni or royna | নদয়, মেনি মাছ, ভেদা মাছ or রয়না মাছ | native | Gangetic leaffish | Nandus nandus | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Nuna bailla | নুনা বেলে or নুনা বাইলা | native | Golden banded goby | Brachygobius nunus | Gobiiformes | |
Nuna-tengra | নুনা টেংরা | native | Long whiskers catfish | Mystus gulio | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Gofalo nipati | গোঁফালো নিপাতী | native | Moustached danio | Danio dangila | Cypriniformes | |
Pakal | পাঁকাল | native | Eel | Anguilliformes sp. | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Anguilliformes |
Panga | পাঙ্গা | native | Java loach | Pangio oblonga | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Pangas | পাঙ্গাস or পাঙাশ | native | Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Pankal baim or guchi baim | পনকাল বাইম, পাঁকাল বাম or গুচি বাইম | native | Barred spiny eel | Macrognathus pancalus | ![]() | Synbranchiformes |
Parshe or chaptamatha khorol | পারশে or চ্যাপ্টামাথা খরোল | native | Flathead grey mullet | Mugil cephalus | ![]() | Mugiliformes |
Pathar chata or tila koksa | পাথর চাটা or তিলা কোকসা | native | Opsarius tileo | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Phasa | ফাশা or ফ্যাঁসা | questionable | Gangetic hairfin anchovy | Setipinna phasa | Clupeiformes | |
Phopa chanda | ফোপা চান্দা or ফোঁপা চাঁদা | native | Himalayan glassy perchlet | Parambassis baculis | ![]() | Incertae sedis |
Phutani punti | ফুটনি পুঁটি | native | Spottedsail barb | Pethia phutunio | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Poa | পোয়া | native | Pama croaker | Otolithoides pama | Acanthuriformes | |
Chanda or pomfret | চাঁদা or পমফ্রেট | native | Pomfret | Brama brama | ![]() | Scombriformes |
Potka | পটকা | native | Green pufferfish | Dichotomyctere fluviatilis | ![]() | Tetraodontiformes |
Shada fota dahuk | সাদা ফোঁটা ডাহুক | native | Giant mudskipper | Periophthalmodon schlosseri | ![]() | Gobiiformes |
Puiya | পুয়া | native | Burmese loach | Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei | Cypriniformes | |
Puti | পুঁটি | native | Swamp barb | Puntius chola | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Punti or tit punti | পুঁটি or তিত পুঁটি | native | Ticto barb | Pethia ticto | Cypriniformes | |
Putitor mohashoul or shonali mohashoul | মহাশোল | native | Golden mahseer | Tor putitora | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Rajputi or Thai sorputi | রাজ পুঁটি or থাই সরপুটি | introduced | Java barb | Barbonymus gonionotus | Cypriniformes | |
Ranga chanda | রাঙ্গা চান্দা or রাঙা চাঁদা | native | Indian glassy fish | Parambassis ranga | ![]() | Incertae sedis |
Rata boura | রাটা বউরা | native | Purple spaghetti-eel | Moringua raitaborua | ![]() | Anguilliformes |
Rita | রিটা or রিঠা | native | Rita | Rita rita | Siluriformes | |
Bacha or bachua bacha | বাচা or বাচুয়া বাচা | native | Bacha | Eutropiichthys vacha | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Rui or rohu[12] | রুই | native | Indian rui or rohu | Labeo rohita | Cypriniformes | |
Sapla pata | শাপলা পাটা | native | Pale-edged stingray | Telatrygon zugei | ![]() | Myliobatiformes |
Savon khorka | শভন খোরকা or স্যভন খোরকা | native | Schistura savona | ![]() | Cypriniformes | |
Shada ghonia | সাদা ঘনিয়া | native | Kuria labeo | Labeo gonius | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Shankhachii or dagi shankhachil | শানকাচি or দাগি শঙ্খচিল | native | Banded eagle ray | Aetomylaeus nichofii | ![]() | Myliobatiformes |
Shillong | শিলঙ্গ | native | Silond catfish | Silonia silondia | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Shingi or jhill shingi | শিঙি, শিঙ্গঘি or ঝিল শিংঘি | native | Stinging catfish | Heteropneustes fossilis | Siluriformes | |
Shol | শৌল or শোল | native | Snakehead murrel | Channa striata | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Sarpunti | সরপুঁটি | native | Olive barb | Systomus sarana | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Silver carp | সিলভার কার্প | introduced | Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Surma | সুরমা | native | king mackerel | Scomberomorus cavalla | Scombriformes | |
Kuicha or lomba pakhnar shap bain | কুইচা or লম্বা পাখনার সাপ বাইন | native | Longfin snake-eel | Pisodonophis cancrivorus | ![]() | Anguilliformes |
Tengra or bajuri tengra | টেংরা or বাজুরী টেংরা | native | Mystus tengara | Siluriformes | ||
Sunkush | শুনকুশ | questionable | Dwarf whipray | Himantura walga | ![]() | Myliobatiformes |
Taki | টাকি | native | Spotted snakehead | Channa punctata | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Telapia | তেলাপিয়া | introduced | Blackchin tilapia | Sarotherodon melanotheron | ![]() | Cichliformes |
Tara baim | তারা বাইম | native | Lesser spiny eel | Macrognathus aculeatus | ![]() | Synbranchiformes |
Tengra | টেংরা | native | Striped dwarf catfish | Mystus vittatus | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Tengra or tista tengra or tista batasi | টেংরা, তিস্তা টেংরা or তিস্তা বাতাসি | native | Tista batasio | Batasio batasio | ![]() | Siluriformes |
Tepa or pati potka | ট্যাঁপা or পাতি পটকা | native | Ocellated pufferfish | Tetraodon cutcutia | ![]() | Tetraodontiformes |
Teri punti | টেরা পুঁনটি or টেরি পুঁটি | native | Onespot barb | Puntius terio | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Tiashol or tila shol | টিয়াশোল or তিলা শোল | native | Barca snakehead | Channa barca | ![]() | Anabantiformes |
Telapia | তেলাপিয়া | introduced | Mozambique tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus | ![]() | Cichliformes |
Topshe | তপসে or তপস্বী | native | Paradise threadfin | Polynemus paradiseus | ![]() | Carangiformes |
Titari | তিতারী | native | River stone carp | Psilorhynchus sucatio | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Tor mahseer or mohashoul | মহাশির or মহাশোল | native | Tor mahseer | Tor tor | ![]() | Cypriniformes |
Uti or urti | উটি or উর্তি | native | Chaguni | Chagunius chagunio | Cypriniformes |
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