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Eels of Mount Apo: two giant Bagobo eels, where one went east and arrived at sea, begetting all the eels of the world; the other went west, and remained on land until it died and became the western foothills of Mount Apo [68] Fon Eel: the Blaan spirit of water [69] Fu El: the T'boli spirit of water [70] Fu El Melel: the T'boli spirit of the ...
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] [3] Ilish is the national fish of the country, and contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are both caught from the wild and farmed in ...
The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus), also known as rice eel, ricefield eel, rice paddy eel [3] or white rice-field eel, [1] is a commercially important air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It occurs in East and Southeast Asia, where it is commonly sold and eaten throughout the region.
A beel near Aloa village, Tangail District, Bangladesh Halti Beel in Natore District Maguri Motapung Beel in Tinsukia district of Assam A beel (Bengali and Assamese: বিল) is a billabong or a lake-like wetland with static water as opposed to moving water in rivers and canals - typically called khāls in Bengali, in the Ganges - Brahmaputra flood plains of Bangladesh, and the Indian states ...
It is a very popular and sought-after food in the Bengal region, and is the national fish of Bangladesh [3] and state fish of the Indian state of West Bengal. [4] As of 2023, 97% of the world's total ilish supply originates in Bangladesh. [5] The fish contributes about 12% of the total fish production and about 1.15% of GDP in Bangladesh.
A leptocephalus (meaning "slim head" [1]) is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha. This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species in 4 orders, 24 families, and 156 genera. This group is thought to have arisen in the Cretaceous period over 140 million ...
Mandaya primordial eel – a gigantic eel that the earth sits upon. Earthquakes are triggered when the eel becomes agitated by crabs and small animals, [58] Nāga - a type of fresh water mermaids, but instead of having fish tails, they have the lower body of a water snake and the upper body of a human female. In Philippine folklore and ...
Ophisternon bengalense the Bengal eel, Bengal mudeel or onegill eel, is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to freshwater and brackish water rivers and swamps in Oceania and South Asia. It is normally 100 cm in maximum length. [2]