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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.
FM Derana is a free-to-air Sinhala radio channel in Sri Lanka. Established in March 2009, FM Derana broadcasts 24 hours a day and covers over 95% of the island. Designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of listeners, FM Derana leverages the strength and success of TV Derana. This strategic consolidation aims to revolutionize the media ...
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.
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]
Sicklefin weasel shark. Shovelnose sea catfish. Sixgill stingray. Spotted sea catfish. Stripenose guitarfish.
A. dayi. Binomial name. Aplocheilus dayi. Steindachner, 1892. The Ceylon killifish (Sinhala: උඩ හඳයා, romanized: uda handaya; Aplocheilus dayi) is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species grows to a length of 9 cm (3.5 in). [1] Males and females have a black dot at the rear end of the base of the dorsal fin.