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    By Barnali Dutta Published: 2014-06-19

    Pabda: nowadays even pabda fish has become another ceremonial dish and has lost its status of

    one of the important staple dishes. It has high nutrient value containing protein 19.2g%, fat 2.1

    g%, carbohydrate 4.6 g%, energy 114 kcal, calcium 310 mg%,phosphorous 210

    mg%, moisture 73 gm%, mineral 1 mg%, and iron 1 mg%. Nutritive value / 100 g of raw

    ingredients. Ingestion of this fish helps in increasing cholesterol metabolism. Other than this it

    also has the good traits of other nutritious ingredients. Callichrous pabda flesh is demulcent,

    cardiac, stimulant, and carminative.

    Family Species FB name Name

    Siluridae Ompok

    bimaculatus

    Butter catfish Kani pabda

    Siluridae Ompok pabda Pabdah catfish Madhu pabda

    Siluridae Ompok pabo Pabo catfish Pabda catfish

    Cour tsey : www.f ishbase.org

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    Common Name Used in Language

    Pabho, Pabda catfish India Assamese

    Pabo Bangladesh Bengali

    India English

    Kani pabda Finland Finnish

    Puffta India Kannada

    Nga-nu-than India Khasi

    Toplettet glasmalle China Mandarin Chinese

    Pabho India Assamese

    Nga-nu-than Myanmar Burmese

    Toplettet glasmalle Denmark Danish

    Butter catfish Global English

    Glass catfish USA English

    Indian butter-catfish India English

    Onespot catfish USA English

    Pabda catfish Bangladesh English

    Tpllasimonni Finland Finnish

    Doppelfleck-Glaswels Germany German

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    Gungwari India Gujarati

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    Godalae India Kannada

    Kembari India Kannada

    Khababia India Khasi

    Chotra valay India Malayalam

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    Manjivala India Malayalam

    Mungee-wahlah India Malayalam

    India Marathi

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    Wanz India Marathi

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    Nauni Nepal Nepali

    Pob-tah India Oriya

    Goongwah India Punjabi

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    Kallikhroi Russian Fed Russian

    Dimmon India Sindhi

    Walapoththa Sri Lanka Sinhalese

    Chaithavelai India Tamil

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    Duka-damu India Telugu

    Theenuva India Telugu

    "In Abul Fazls Ain-e-akbari [1596-97] it is mentioned that near Kajihata the river

    Ganga gets divided into two and one of the channels flew eastwards and entered the

    sea by the name Padmabati [commonly known as Padma]. For the last 400 years the

    course of Padma in Bangladesh appears to have frequently changed and has shifted

    southward to the present Padma. Once this river used to flow beside rajshahi Rampur

    and boalia then crossing Dhaleswari and Buriganga it used to touch Dhaka and join

    Padma Pabda - The Historical Story

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    with the river Meghna. Even in the 18th century the minimal slope of Padma towards

    the sea was quite southwards from the present course. It used to cross the districts of

    Faridpur and Bakharganj and join with the Meghna north of the island Shahbazpur

    situated about 40 kms away from the present Chandpur.

    Many of the smaller rivers and streams of that time had also gone through quite some

    changes. For e.g. The rivers Bhairav and Kumar is also drying up in recent times while

    on the other hand the rivers Madhumati and Arial kha has got a new life. The effect of

    time is maximum in the district of Madaripur in Bangladesh. On the banks of the river

    there flourishes ports which are important trade and commerce locations. The river

    Padma and Meghna meets at Chandpur in Bangladesh. The Hilsa of Chandpur is world

    famous not only Hilsa various other fish species like famous Pabda fish are found in the

    Padma.

    Whenever Bangladesh come to their mind the beauty of nature is no sooner open upon

    and is immediately viewed with their inward eyes of the post-colonial people who

    migrated from east Pakistan to west Bengal and left the bank of river Padma settling by

    the river of Ganges. The vivid blue sky and the figure of mango tree, the banana and

    the palm trees distinguishes the fair and shapely, the sound of rowing boat and the

    smell of water, a faint music from the distant the bhatiyali [the song sung by the

    boatman] or the majhigaan from the fishermen boat, banyan tree by the side of river

    bank swinging to and fro on those hanging banyan tree roots having the mango seeds

    whistling between two lips. Though my parents agreed from the bottom of the heart to

    the gentrifications of their neighborhood yet missing the peace of natural life, which was

    quite evident while from their narration of past life that spread to our mind as well.

    This is also felt while reading the narration of writers which is a keen to the narration of

    my ancestor such as in Srikanta, Indranath and Annanada Didi dwelling in "Srikanta"

    storied by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya, Pramathanath Bishi in Padma, and Kopabati,

    Subodh basu in Padma Pramatta Nadi, Icchamati of Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay,

    Antarjali Jatra of Kamal Majumder, Jalangi of Shoukat Osmal, Jal Jangal of Manoj Basu,

    Padmanadir majhi by Manik Bandopadhyay, Tarashankar bandopadhyay in Hansuli

    banker upokotha, and I still remember two prose from Sahaj path the first book of a

    Bengali, Amader chhoto nodi and Abdul Majhir Galpo by Rabindranath Tagore...a yet

    never ending list is there.

    Lower Bengals rivers are the most crucial geographical elements that determine

    psychological responses, culture and religious practices of its people and the regional

    identity of this river- centric landscape the result of which is that man and his

    environment evolves among the four different components of nature, land, river, tree

    and human. The man was there as a child of the rivers and now as if they are like

    fishes out of water indeed.

    Nostalgic niche

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    I never experienced fishing, but I think I know every detail about how to hook and catch a fish.

    I can see within my closed eyes how my little father was having fun. It was always not

    enjoyable getting stuck at home during water logging which was quite frequent then especially

    during the monsoon season, but that young one did not feel the same. What I came to know

    about fishing through his story was always so lively that for the moment I always felt I am doing

    the same.

    There was once a lifetime experience of course a fancy fishing fantasy when I was in the fourth

    standard. It was raining and I was grounded at home, and a 2-day long power cut was there to

    accompany me. We tried to spend our time by playing bagh-bondi [Bagh bandi is a two-player

    abstract strategy board game named tiger hunt game from Lower Bengal, India and similar to

    Chinese checkers game uses an alquerque board] with colorful legume/pulses, chess, ludo, and

    UNO cards which became quite boring after a few hours. Then baba started telling his

    childhood stories as usual in a very interesting way.

    It was quite usual in the rainy season, that he woke up to find that floodwater around their

    house had swelled up even more. Two or three large sized ponds used to surround their house. I

    surprised after learning how they used to move from kitchen to boithokkhana [outhouse or

    drawing room area] using small boat, dingi. Merchants went about on boats hawking hot

    jilapi,khaja, goja, batasha and other tasty sweets to feed villagers during the rainy seasons.

    The firm land around the village was cultivated with mostly rice and jute as water reached up to

    almost the top of the plants and jute plants rise a little over the water as always. What I felt that

    "Those days - an imaginary eyeliner"

    Me mum Fishing:

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    he described as it was like a game between jute, paddy and the rain water to try and catch the

    top of the crop plants.

    Amidst the gaps of the rice fields, villagers set up fishing nets [ dwar] to catch

    fish. Fishing nets often trapped the abundant koi fish. The koi became thick, fatty, and tasty

    after getting plenty of nourishment thriving in the floodwaters. Hot rice with fried koi fish

    was a popular delightful meal at both noon and in the evening meal.

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    The young boy took a fishing hook to catch fish and kept sitting on the barandha ( daowa)

    the whole day to catch fish. It was always a thing of great fun for him. He remembered Pabda

    fish was particularly foolish. It used to swallow the bait almost immediately. However, the

    same was not so with Bele fish. The thread needs to weight a little more with the help of

    lead or shisha buttons to raise and drop continuously during fishing. The clever fish would

    take its time sniffing before it took the bait, constantly teasing him.

    Freshwater fish of Bengal is getting fast extinct due to drying up of rivers and ponds by both

    man-made and natural causes. More or less 250 varieties of freshwater fish can be found in the

    water bodies of Bengal at present. Firstly I would like to discuss about the most common way of

    fishing that is by a fishing hook because many of us cannot even know the names of such fishes

    and our generation doesn't even think if we could preserve our natural fish species.

    Fishing with a hook: a rod/hook shaped curved trap is the principle of a fishing hook. There are

    different types of fishing hooks. Different hooks are used for fishing different species of fishes.

    While fishing with a hook the bait is of great importance. Which fish loves what as a bait is

    known to regular fishers naturally. For e.g. earthworms are used as bait for fishing Tengra,

    Pabda, Taki, Baro Baim, Shol, Boal, Gojar, Koi, Magur, Singi, Bhetki, etc.

    The dried up shutki fish mixed with a small amount of wheat flour is used as bait for the fishing

    courtsey : Fishing tips at "www.sas.usace.army.mil"

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    of koi fish. This is used in still water.

    Another type of bait is prepared by burning/roasting small prawns and is used for fishing pholui

    fish. Other fishes also give into this bait but if pholui is present the horde consists of the latter in

    larger numbers.

    Fermented Sugar syrup mixed with methi is used as bait for Catla Catla or katala fish. Some use

    stale guava or jackfruit in place of sugar syrup.

    Actually the bait is not a food for the fish. The smell of it attracts fishes which get trapped to the

    hook then while trying to explore the source of the smell.

    The Seasons also plays a major role in fishing. Like in winter one doesn't go fishing with a hook

    since fishes reside in the warmer lower portions of the water then and are not susceptible to the

    hook.

    Two methods are used for fishing with a large fishing hook, one, during the interval of monsoon

    to spring. A medium sized bamboo net [khadim ] is stuck into the ground in the water

    near the shore of a pond or any such water body. A strong thread fixed with a hook is attached

    to the bamboo to which a small fish that is alive is fixed by the back and released in the water.

    The fish moves along the surface of the water attracting larger fishes like Shol, Gojar, Boal etc .

    The larger fishes try to eat the small fish and get trapped by the hook [ tayta].

    Fish knowledge tells us that some species of fishes are sensitive to particular sounds. Some

    fishes get excited and closer to a particular sound source while some others move away from it

    or start jumping erratically. Such knowledge helps us in devising new techniques of fishing.

    Such technique is used even while fishing with a simple fishing hook. Just after throwing the

    hook into the water sound is made with the head of the hook in the water which helps in

    attracting fishes like Tengra etc. Actually we already use a lot of science from early times as a

    process of our living which we come to know later formally.

    Early references found in Ramayana tells us that Lakshmana was advised to use an arrow for

    catching fish in the crystal clear water of the Pampa Lake and to have the scales cleared and the

    fishes roasted in an iron pan over the fire. Rama and Lakshmana were advised to cook rice and

    fish with salt and red pepper on reaching the ashrama on the west bank of the Pampa Lake.

    Fishing from Script

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    The second method of catching fish is referred to by means of a baited hook or angle. In

    Aranyakanda, Jatau is said to have told Ravana, when he was running away with Devi Sita to the

    following You have come in contact with a deadly snake where from you will not get any relief,

    just as a fish cannot escape and is ultimately killed when it swallows an angle baited with meat.

    I found one book about art of Angling The Compleat Angler written by Izaak Walton first

    published in 1593 so good yet the text of Matsyavinoda in Manasollasa titled

    Abhilashitarthachintamani unrivalled even in modern works on the art of angling, a very

    interesting description of fishing for royal recreation in the 12th century in Sanskrit authored by

    King Someshvardeva (the son of King Vikramaditya VI) in 1127 A.D. is the first known treatise

    on the art of angling in India. Chapter XIV of Manasollasa shows every details includes

    description of 35 kinds of marine and fresh water fishes, each with a distinct name, the feeds

    provided to fishes and only half a dozen of these were nurtured for the royal game of angling. It

    is evident that considerable knowledge of fishes was gathered almost 900 years ago, but was

    ignored in subsequent centuries. The text also includes a brief description of cooking fish as he

    had acquired knowledge of many arts of sciences.

    The Portuguese traveler Fernao Nuniz noted in Vijayanagar the availability of fish in large

    quantities like varal, aral, horned valai and prawns, which was eaten fresh and sometimes salted.

    French physician and traveler Franois Bernier observed in Bengal 'fish of every species

    whether fresh or salt in profusion. Babar wrote: "The flesh of Hindustan fishes is very savory,

    they have no odor or tiresomeness".

    Sadhale and Nene have provided a very interesting description of fishing in the translation of

    verses 15241536 (Manasollasa: Section III, Chapter 13)

    In the preparation of scaled fishes, the scales must be first removed with effort. Then if the

    fish are big they should be cut into pieces. If small, they can be used in the same (natural)

    form.

    Heads of fishes must be cut away (like the tail-part of birds). Intestines should be removed

    after cutting open the belly.

    Rub oil and salt on fish so that they become slimy and the odor fades away.

    Afterwards wash them with water mixed with turmeric paste. Tie them in a piece of cloth

    The royal food: fish preparations from earlier script

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    and press to squeeze out all the water inside. Then mix them with the anakas (?) previously

    cooked thoroughly and kept ready for the purpose. After some time the cook should put

    down [from fire] the earthen dish and add seasoning.

    Cut fishes into pieces and wash them well. Cook along with tamarind juice. Sprinkle

    well with wheat flour. Fry in heated oil till brown. Add rock salt. Sprinkle powdered

    cardamom and pepper.

    Cook fishes as per test, in anaka, oil, or smokeless fire as per the method described earlier.

    Cut fish into pieces, measuring four angulas (breadth of four fingers) each. Mix salt

    and store in earthen jars. These are called kharakhandas (salted pieces) that can be

    preserved for a long time. The cook should roast them in fire at the time of meals.

    Take out the scrotums of a fish and roast them in fire. When hard, cut into pieces and

    fry in heated oil. Add powdered cardamom, pepper, and rock salt and season

    with asafoetida.

    Samaraichchakaha, directs that the skin of Rahu fish be peeled off, the fish marinated in

    asafoetida and salt, and then dipped in turmeric water before being fried.

    ref: http://asianagrihistory.org/ Sadhale and Nene 2005 177-199

    In Bengal except the soup-style lightly spiced tasty fish curry "macher jhol" there are

    different exclusive recipes under heavier spicing categories from steamed to braised, burned

    to baked, fresh fish paturi to dried fish shutki in lunch to dinner or in snacks or tea [fry,

    fritters, kabab, croquettes, kaviraji, cutlet] etc.

    In Orissa, a morning meal of boiled rice covered with water [fermented rice] and kept

    overnight, is eaten with fish.

    In Assam, a favorite curry is an alkaline salty extract of bananan roots cooked with fish.

    In Kerala the Syrians have a deep red fish curry speciality cooked with the sour kokum fruit

    [kodampuli] and another sweet-sour dish cooked in coconut milk with tender mango pieces.

    Oily fish are frequently grilled in their own fat.

    Goa has the golden caladine curry with turmeric. A green masala Mackerel and the the roe

    of the Kingfish, lightly salted and fried asa breakfast delicacy.

    The Kodavas of Karnataka state cook tiny whitebait fish called Koylay-meen, bones and all

    to a dry spicy fish.

    Kashmiris cook fish with lotus roots Nandri and a garlic-flavoured fish dish is called

    gardmuf.

    Some regional specialities of cooking fish in India

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    Parsi cuisine has two specialities, one is Patra in which the fish cooked in a thick strong

    masala steamed in a banana leaf packet and the other is Pomfret cooked in a dark vinegar

    sauce.

    One very exclusive preparation of Pondicherry is called poisson capitaine a dish of steamed

    fish served with mayonnaise and garlic paste.

    Ref: A historical dictionary of Indian food by K. T. Achaya 70-71

    "Anybody can eat Pabda. It can be cooked light with less spices like kalojeera, halud, kancha

    lonka jhol [onion seeds, turmeric and green chili tempering] and with rich spices like doi sorshe

    makha [mustard seed paste and sour curd gravy] for very special occasions."

    Today I am cooking my mother's one of the exclusive Bengali recipes "Doi Pabda". Cooking

    fresh Pabda fish did not take much time, within 10 minutes one can have a mind

    blowing sumptuous dish a never forgettable one.

    1. Fresh Pabda fish, 4 to 5

    2. Sour yogurt, 2 tablespoon

    3. Black and white mustard seed, 1 tablespoon

    4. Turmeric powder, 3 teaspoon

    5. Red chili powder, 3 teaspoon

    6. Mustard oil, 1 tablespoon

    7. Onion paste, 1 tablespoon

    8. Green chili, 3

    9. Salt, as per taste

    10. Sugar, one pinch to balance the taste.

    Fish Fiesta Left and Right in Indian Cuisine

    Padma Pabda Fish Curry : A Bengali recipe for

    celebration

    Ingredients:

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    Clean and wash fresh pabda fish. Season the fish with salt and turmeric, keep aside.

    Make a fine paste from black and white mustard seeds with 1 teaspoon salt and 1 green

    chili. Add 1 teaspoon mustard oil to the paste and keep aside.

    Heat oil in a wider flat skillet, fry fish lightly until slight change in color is noted, keep aside.

    Mix yogurt, salt, turmeric and chili powder, add one teaspoon hot cooked fish oil from the

    skillet, mix well.

    Heat the same skillet with the rest of the oil, add onion paste, fry a little until raw onion odor

    is gone, add mustard paste, stir and add fish, coat with the spices on both side carefully,

    add yogurt mix on the side of the skillet, stir and mix lightly in the oil, now mix all with of it

    with a featherlight hand. Add one pinch sugar and adjust salt to taste. Sugar to balance the

    sourness of yogurt and pungent taste of mustard seeds. Cover to cook for 5 minutes or

    until the fish curry releases the oil. Add green chilli just before closing the heat and give a

    resting time for a minute or two. Doi pabda is ready to be served with pipping hot plain

    boiled rice.

    5 stars based on 80 reviews

    Prep time: 15 min | Cook time: 10 min | Total time: 5 min

    Yield: 4 | Serving size: 50g | Calories per serving: 80kcal | Fat per serving: 20g

    100g of any kind of fish contains 14-15g of easily digestible, high biological value protein and

    some vitamin-A, B, D, E, calcium, phosphorous, iodine and zinc on average. The biological value

    of fish protein is 80 i.e. almost the entire amount can be used up by the body.

    Since its easily digestible white fleshy fishes mainly constitute the diet of a patient and since the

    total Fat and Cholesterol content is quite low in fish it can be had without much concern.

    Keeping fish items regularly in the diet of a baby helps in increasing intelligence and memory

    capacity and health issues like cataract, arthritis, diabetes and allergic reactions are much

    reduced in the later stages of life.

    The percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acid and saturated fatty acid is 2, whereas this

    percentage is 0.2 and 0.9 in red meat and chicken respectively. Therefore the content of

    polyunsaturated fat being higher than the content of saturated fat in fishes there is no other

    element better than fish in keeping diabetes, heart disorders, high pressure and hyperlipidemia

    under control.

    Sea fishes are an important source of iodine. Generally fishes are good for health because of the

    amount of sodium being low and potassium being high.

    The protein bonds in fishes being easily breakable they can be cooked and digested with ease. It

    has observed in a survey that Bengalis eat about 60 different kind of fishes. Since there are

    different varieties of smell and taste different fishes can be cooked using various recipes bringing

    variety in the diet of a person and also creating variety of health benefits.

    Method:

    Why fish is the ultimate source of protein for an animal.

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    Small boned fishes and canned fishes are one of the best sources of calcium. Some sea-fish

    species contain fish liver oil and omega-3 fatty acid which are adept in combating asthma,

    cancer, skin diseases, dementia, diabetes, obesity, and age related macular degeneration etc.

    Although fishes have high protein content one should not consume more than 100-150g of fish

    in a day.

    Maharshi Sasruta not only enumerated a number of fish species that have food value but also

    gave the relative medicinal properties possessed by different fishes. It is remarkable that the

    ancient Hindus had a fair knowledge of the involvement of both the anterior and posterior parts

    of the body movement of fishes. The fresh water fishes are grouped into four ecological

    formations.

    1. River fishes, bulky in the middle (wedge-shaped).

    2. Lake and tank fishes, bulky in the middle but with relatively smaller heads.

    3. Spring and pool fishes, lengthening of the vertical axis.

    4. Torrential fishes greatly flatten and depressed form

    Threatened to extinct fishes of Bengal:

    These species are considered by IUCN [The International Union forConservation of Nature] as threatened fishes

    Critically Endangered fish species in Bengal: it is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate

    future.

    Scientific name English name Local name

    Bagarius bagarius Gangetic goonch Bagahair

    Channa barca Barca snakehead Pipla shol, T ila shol

    Clupeisoma garua Garua bacha Ghaura

    Eutropiichthys vacha Batchwa bacha Bacha

    Labeo boga Boga labeo Bhangan, Bata

    Labeo nandina Nandi labeo Nandina, Nandil

    Labeo pangusia Pangusia labeo Ghora muikha, Longu

    Pangasius pangasius Pangus Pangus

    Puntius sarana Olive barb Sarpunti

    Rita rita Rita Rita

    Sisor rhabdophorus Sisor catfish Sisor

    Tor tor Tor mahseer Mahashol

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    Vulnerable fishes in Bangladesh: It is facing a high risk of extinction in the medium-term future

    Scientific name English name Local name

    Ailia punctata Jamuna ailia Kajuli, Baspata

    Anguilla bengalensis Indian longfin eel Bamosh, Bao baim, Telkoma

    Chanda nama Elongate glass-perchlet Chanda, Nama chanda

    Chanda ranga Indian glassy fish Chanda, Lal chanda

    Channa orientalis Asiatic snakehead Telo taki, Raga, Cheng

    Cirrhinus reba Reba carp Raik, Tatkani, Bata, Laacho

    Macrognathus aral One-spine spinyeel Tara baim

    Monopterus cuchia Gangetic mud eel Kuchia

    Mystus aor Long-whiskered catfish Ayre, Aor

    Mystus cavasius Gangetic mystus Kabashi tengra, Golsha-tengra,

    Gulsha

    Nandus nandus Mud perch Meni, Bheda

    Notopterus notopterus Grey featherback Foli, Pholi

    Plotosus canius Canine catfish-eel Gang magur

    Puntius ticto Ticto barb 2-spot barb; T it punti

    Endangered fishes in Bengal: : It is facing a very high risk of extinction in the near future.

    Scientific name English name Local name

    Badis badis Badis Napit, Kio bandi

    Barilius bendelisis Hamiltons barila Joia, Chedra, Koksa

    Barilius bola Indian trout Bhol, Bol

    Barilius vagra Vagra baril Koksa, Khoksa

    Batasio tengana Assamese batasio Tengra

    Bengala elanga Bengal barb Along, Sephatia

    Botia Dario Necktic Loach Rani, Bou

    Botia lohachata Y-loach Rani, Putul, Beti

    Chaca chaca Indian chaca Chaga, Cheka

    Channa marulius Giant snakehead Gazar, Gajal

    Chela laubuca Indian glass barb Laubuca, Kash Khaira

    Crossocheilus latius Gangetic latia Kalabata

    Dermogenys pussilus Wrestling half beak Ek thota

    Labeo bata Bata labeo Bhangan, Bata

    Labeo calbasu Black labeo, Kalbasu Kalibaus, Baus, Kalia

    Labeo gonius Kuria labeo Goni, Kurchi, Ghainna

    Mastacembelus armatus 2-track spinyeel Baim, Salbaim, Bam

    Microphis deocata Deocata pipefish Kumirer khil

    Mystus seenghala Giant river catfish Guizza, Guizza ayre

    Notopterus chitala Humped featherback Chital

    Ompok bimaculatus Indian butter catfish Kani pabda, Pabda, Boali pabda

    Ompok pabda Pabdha catfish Madhu pabda, Pabda

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