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In Telugu, it is known as "Bommidayalu." In Malayalam, it is known as "Mananjil." In Nepali, it is known as "Raj Baam." In Marathi, it is known as "Vaamb." In Tamil, it is known as "vealangu meen". In Bengali it is known as Baam maach or Tambu maach. [citation needed]
Fried and crumbled, the fish preparation called Bombay duck became a popular condiment in Anglo-Indian cookery. [ 3 ] An 1829 book of poems and "Indian reminiscences" published under the pseudonym "Sir Toby Rendrag" notes the "use of a fish nick-named 'Bombay Duck'" [ 4 ] and the phrase is used in texts as early as 1815.
The mottled eel [3] (Anguilla bengalensis), also known as the African mottled eel, the Indian longfin eel, the Indian mottled eel, the long-finned eel or the river eel, [4] is a demersal, catadromous [5] eel in the family Anguillidae. [6]
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] Marine fish are strictly different from freshwater counterparts due to high salinity of sea water, which they live.
A fish market in Sylhet. 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] Ilish is the national fish of the country, and contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are both caught from the ...
The Indian mackerel is found in warm shallow waters along the coasts of the Indian and Western Pacific oceans. Its range extends from the Red Sea and East Africa in the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China and the Ryukyu Islands in the north to Australia, Melanesia and Samoa in the south. [3]
In Pakistan, most hilsa fish are caught in the Indus River Delta in Sindh. They are also caught in the sea, but some consider the marine stage of the fish as not so tasty. The fish has very sharp and tough bones, making it problematic to eat for some. [citation needed] Ilish is an oily fish rich in omega 3 fatty acids. [19]
The toli shad or Chinese herring (Tenualosa toli) is a fish of the family Clupeidae, a species of shad distributed in the western Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to the Java Sea and the South China Sea. It may be found in Mauritius [2] and the Cambodian Mekong near the Vietnam border. [3]