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It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, but has also been introduced elsewhere in South Asia and is commonly farmed. [1] [2] In Nepal and neighbouring regions of India, up to Odisha, it is called Bhakura. Catla is a fish with large and broad head, a large protruding lower jaw, and upturned ...
Global aquaculture production of Roho labeo (Labeo rohita) in million tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [6]The rohu is an important aquacultured freshwater species in South Asia. [7]
Bascanichthys deraniyagalai (native), Indian longtailed sand-eel, Indian longtailed sand-eel; Bascanichthys longipinnis (native); Caecula pterygera (native), finny snake-eel, Finny snake eel
In India and parts of Southeast Asia, however, the species is more commercially important and taken in larger quantities than elsewhere. [13] The FAO recorded a total of 278 t (274 long tons ; 306 short tons ) of the fish were caught as bycatch from the Persian Gulf in 2001. [ 4 ]
Osteichthyes (/ ˌ ɒ s t iː ˈ ɪ k θ iː z / ost-ee-IK-theez; from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) ' bone ' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) ' fish '), [2] also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.
Bonefish were once believed to be a single species with a global distribution, however 9 different species have since been identified. There are three identified species in the Atlantic and six in the Pacific. Albula vulpes is the largest and most widespread of the Atlantic species. [4]
Freshwater prawn farming in India has grown rapidly since 2000 with Andhra Pradesh and Kerala contributing to approximately 60 percent of the total water area dedicated to prawn farming, followed by West Bengal. [8] In fiscal 2016, India became the biggest exporter of shrimps by overtaking Vietnam. Frozen shrimp is the top item of export among ...
Pomfrets are scombriform fish belonging to the family Bramidae.The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. [2] Several species are important food sources for humans, especially Brama brama in South Asia.