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Because of being an island, Sri Lanka has many endemic freshwater fauna, as well as thousands of marine and brackish water fauna. [1] Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community. So, the marine fish fauna gives a greater commercial value to the country's economy, as well as well being of the coastal people. [2]
Few fish can be found in all three ecological systems. There are 95 species of freshwater fish occur in the country, where 53 of those are endemic. 41% of all known species of fish of Sri Lanka are found in freshwater. There are about 70% of endemism of those fish. Most of them are listed into IUCN categories.
Iskole (Sinhala: ඉස්කෝලේ) is a Sri Lankan teledrama broadcast on TV Derana since 2021. [1] It was released on 8 March 2021 and continues in every weekday from Monday to Friday at 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm. [2][3][4][5][6] It is written by Saman Edirimunee and Directed by Diluka Prasad Gunathilake.
Lethrinus mahsena. Lethrinus mahsena, common names the sky emperor, mahsena emperor, [3] and cutthroat emperor, [4] is a species of emperor fish. [5][3] It grows to 65 cm (26 in) in length, but is commonly found at between 35 and 45 cm (14 and 18 in). This fish may be yellow to greenish-blue or olive-grey, becoming paler toward the belly.
Since Sri Lanka was ruled by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. At various junctures, these nations introduced a number of exotic species, which included mammals, plants, birds, and fish. After Sri Lanka secured its independence, the introductions continued unabated, and the breeding of exotic aquarium fish for export became popular.
Macropodus signatus (Günther, 1861) Belontia signata, the Ceylonese combtail, is a species of gourami endemic to Sri Lanka. This species inhabits shallow, slow-flowing clear-water streams. It can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL though most are only around 10 centimetres (3.9 in). It is also found in the aquarium trade. [2]
The Ministry of Fisheries[2] (Sinhala: ධීවර අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: கடற்றொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for fisheries. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on fisheries and aquatic resources development ...
Sri Lankan freshwater habitats can be divided into 6 major types - river, stream, lake, pond, villu and paddy field - according to size, depth, rate of flow and type of bottom. Medium-sized rivers are called Oya and fast flowing streams torrential streams are called Dola in Sinhalese. The following list provide the freshwater fauna of Sri Lanka.