# List of fishes of Bangladesh

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").
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 artificial ponds.

## Fishes of Bangladesh

Bengali also has a generic term for three related fish species from the family Polynemidae. A lakkha fish (লাক্ষা মাছ) may be Eleutheronema tetradactylum, Leptomelanosoma indicum or Polydactylus sexfilis. Another example is that of tengra (টেংরা) which is used to denote several species of catfishes from the families Mystus and Batasio.
Bengali has multiple synonyms for a single species and a single word for multiple species (a generic term) as shown in the list below.
| Bengali name | Name in Bengali characters | Status | English common name | Scientific name | Order |
| Artamim, ar or ayir | আইড়, আরটামিম or আড় | native | Long-whiskered catfish | Sperata aor | Siluriformes |
| Along or elong | এলং | native | Bengal barb | Megarasbora elanga | Cypriniformes |
| Anju | আনজু | native | Zebrafish | Danio rerio | Cypriniformes |
| Arowari or ghagla or gong tengra | আরওয়ারি or ঘাগলা or গাং টেংরা | native | Menoda catfish | Hemibagrus menoda | Siluriformes |
| Bagair | বাগাইর or বাঘাইর | native | Goonch | Bagarius bagarius | Siluriformes |
| Baan or baanehara | বানমাছ বানেহারা | native | Indian mottled eel | Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis | Anguilliformes |
| Baan, pakal or bamush | বানমাছ পাঁকাল বামুশ | native | Bengal eel | Ophisternon bengalense | Synbranchiformes |
| Bailla or bele | বাইলা or বেলে | native | | Awaous guamensis | Gobiiformes |
| Baim | বাইম | native | Zig-zag eel or tire-track eel | Mastacembelus armatus | Synbranchiformes |
| Boitka or Ghora muikha or Ghora mach or longu rui | বইটকা, ঘোড়া মুইখা, ঘোড়া মাছ or লংগু রুই | native | | Labeo pangusia | Cypriniformes |
| Bhetki or koral | ভেটকী or কোরাল | native | Barramundi | Lates calcarifer | Carangiformes |
| Balichura or belitora | বালিচুরা, বেলিটোরা or বেলিটুরা | native | Balitora minnow | Psilorhynchus balitora | Cypriniformes |
| Balichura | বালিচুরা | native | Rainbow minnow | Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus | Cypriniformes |
| Bansh-pata or debari | বাঁশপাতা or দেবারি | native | Sind danio | Devario devario | Cypriniformes |
| Bansh-pata or bati | বাঁশপাতা or বাটা | native | Broad-mouthed mullet or large-scaled mullet | Paramugil parmatus | Mugiliformes |
| Barali | বারালি or বোরালি | native | Barred baril | Barilius barila | Cypriniformes |
| Baril or joiya | বারিল or জইয়া | native | Hamilton's barila | Opsarius bendelisis | Cypriniformes |
| Basa fish | বাসা or পাংগাস | introduced | Basa fish | Pangasius bocourti | Siluriformes |
| Bata or bangna | বাটা or বাংনা | native | Reba | Labeo ariza | Cypriniformes |
| Bata | বাটা | native | Bata | Labeo bata | Cypriniformes |
| Batasi | বাতাসি | native | Indian batasi | Pachypterus atherinoides | Siluriformes |
| Bechi | বেচি | native | Whitespot or blue panchax | Aplocheilus panchax | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Bailla or bele or dorakata bele | বাইলা or বেলে or ডোরাকাটা বেলে | native | Scribbled goby | Awaous grammepomus | Gobiiformes |
| Bhadi puti | ভাদি পুঁটি | native | Pool barb | Puntius sophore | Cypriniformes |
| Bhangan | ভাঙন or ভাঙ্গন | native | Boga labeo | Labeo boga | Cypriniformes |
| Bhol | ভোল | native | Trout barb | Raiamas bola | Cypriniformes |
| Bhola bhetki | ভোলা ভেটকি | native | Soldier croaker | Nibea soldado | Acanthuriformes |
| Kuli or bhut bele | কুলি or ভূত বেলে | native | Dusky sleeper | Eleotris fusca | Gobiiformes |
| Bilchuri | বিলচুরি | native | Mottled loach | Acanthocobitis botia | Cypriniformes |
| Boaal | বোয়াল | native | Wallago | Wallago attu | Siluriformes |
| Borguni | বোরগুনি | native | Jarbua terapon | Terapon jarbua | Centrarchiformes |
| Bou or rani | বৌমাছ or রানি | native | Bengal loach | Botia dario | Cypriniformes |
| Bou mach | বৌমাছ or রানি | questionable | Zebra loach | Botia striata | Cypriniformes |
| Murari | মুরারি | native | Carplet | Cabdio morar | Cypriniformes |
| Magor or shing | মাগুর or শিঙি মাছ | native | Torrent catfish | Amblyceps mangois | Siluriformes |
| Gong tengra | গং টেংরা | native | | Gagata gagata | Siluriformes |
| Magur or shing | মাগুর or শিঙি মাছ | native | | Gagata youssoufi | Siluriformes |
| Chandan ilish | চন্দনা or চন্দন ইলিশ | native | Toli shad | Tenualosa toli | Clupeiformes |
| Chapila or khoyra | চাপিলা or খয়রা | native | Ganges River gizzard shad | Gonialosa manmina | Clupeiformes |
| Chapila | চাপিলা | native | Indian river shad | Gudusia chapra | Clupeiformes |
| Chebli | চেবলি | native | Giant danio | Devario aequipinnatus | Cypriniformes |
| Chaka | চাকা | native | Squarehead catfish | Chaca chaca | Siluriformes |
| Chela | চেলা | questionable | Silver razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma acinaces | Cypriniformes |
| Chep chela or laubucha | চেপ চেলা or লাউবুচা | native | Indian glass barb | Laubuka laubuca | Cypriniformes |
| Chewa | চেওয়া | native | | Pseudapocryptes elongatus | Gobiiformes |
| Chitol | চিতল or চেতল | native | Clown knifefish | Chitala chitala | Osteoglossiformes |
| Pholi or foli | ফলি | native | Bronze featherback | Notopterus notopterus | Osteoglossiformes |
| Chuno or chuna khoilsha | চুনো or চুনা খইলশা | native | Honey gourami | Trichogaster chuna | Anabantiformes |
| Chuno bele | চুনো বেলে | native | | Gobiopterus chuno | Gobiiformes |
| Common carp | কমন কার্প | introduced | Common carp | Cyprinus carpio carpio | Cypriniformes |
| Dahuk | ডাহুক | native | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby | Boleophthalmus boddarti | Gobiiformes |
| Dahuk or hatuni darak | ডাহুক or হাঁটুনি দারাক | native | Walking goby | Scartelaos histophorus | Gobiiformes |
| Dari | ডারি | native | | Schistura scaturigina | Cypriniformes |
| Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Flying barb | Esomus danricus | Cypriniformes |
| Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Slender rasbora | Rasbora daniconius | Cypriniformes |
| Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Gangetic scissortail rasbora | Rasbora rasbora | Cypriniformes |
| Deshi koi | দেশি কই | native | Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus | Anabantiformes |
| Dhal magor | ঢাল মাগুর | native | | Glyptothorax telchitta | Siluriformes |
| Ek thouta | এক থৌতা | questionable | Wrestling halfbeak | Dermogenys pusilla | Beloniformes |
| Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | | Channa gachua | Anabantiformes |
| Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Walking snakehead | Channa orientalis | Anabantiformes |
| Gagla | গাগলা | native | Gagora catfish | Arius gagora | Siluriformes |
| Gong magor | গং মাগুর | native | Gray eel-catfish | Plotosus canius | Siluriformes |
| Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | | Gagata cenia | Siluriformes |
| Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | | Gogangra viridescens | Siluriformes |
| Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | | Nangra nangra | Siluriformes |
| Kabashi tengra | গুলসা, গুলসা-টেংরা or কাবাশি টেংরা | native | Gangetic mystus | Mystus cavasius | Siluriformes |
| Ghor poi-ya | ঘর পোয়া | native | Sucker head | Garra gotyla | Cypriniformes |
| Ghonia | ঘনিয়া | native | Boggut labeo | Labeo boggut | Cypriniformes |
| Ghor poa | ঘর পোয়া | introduced | | Garra annandalei | Cypriniformes |
| Ghora chela | ঘোড়া চেলা | native | | Securicula gora | Cypriniformes |
| Ghora mach | ঘোড়া মাছ | native | | Labeo dyocheilus | Cypriniformes |
| Gilipunti | গিলি পুঁটি | native | Golden barb | Pethia gelius | Cypriniformes |
| Gobi | বেলে | native | Mudskipper | Apocryptes bato | Gobiiformes |
| Goti poa | গোটি পোয়া | native | Largescale archerfish | Toxotes chatareus | Carangiformes |
| Gojar | গজার | native | Great snakehead | Channa marulius | Anabantiformes |
| Grass carp | গ্রাস কার্প | introduced | Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Cypriniformes |
| Gura tengra | গুরা টেঙ্গরা | native | | Chandramara chandramara | Siluriformes |
| Gutum or onnondeler puiya | গুতুম or অনন্ডলের পুঁইয়া | native | Annandale loach | Lepidocephalichthys annandalei | Cypriniformes |
| Gutum or Moricha puiya | গুতুম or মরিচা পুঁইয়া | native | Guntea loach | Lepidocephalichthys guntea | Cypriniformes |
| Gurjāli | গুরজালি or গুরজাউলি | native | Indian salmon | Eleutheronema tetradactylum | Carangiformes |
| Rupali kachni | রূপালী কাচনি | native | Freshwater hatchetfish | Chela cachius | Cypriniformes |
| Ilish | ইলিশ | native | Great ilish or hilsa | Tenualosa ilisha | Clupeiformes |
| Jaya | জয়া | native | Jaya | Cabdio jaya | Cypriniformes |
| Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Ganges river sprat | Corica soborna | Clupeiformes |
| Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Yellowtail mullet | Minimugil cascasia | Mugiliformes |
| Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Gangetic ailia | Ailia coila | Siluriformes |
| Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Jamuna ailia | Ailiichthys punctata | Siluriformes |
| Kakila | কাকিলা | native | Freshwater garfish | Xenentodon cancila | Beloniformes |
| Kalibaus | কালিবাউস or কালবোশ | native | Orange-fin labeo | Labeo calbasu | Cypriniformes |
| Kachon punti | কাচোন পুঁটি | native | Rosy barb | Pethia conchonius | Cypriniformes |
| Kani pabda | কানি পাবদা | native | Butter catfish | Ompok bimaculatus | Siluriformes |
| Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | | Glyptothorax cavia | Siluriformes |
| Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Painted catfish | Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi | Siluriformes |
| Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | | Pseudolaguvia shawi | Siluriformes |
| Karati hangar | করাতি হাঙর | native | Knifetooth sawfish | Anoxypristis cuspidata | Rhinopristiformes |
| Panpata sorbuti or kathal pata | পানপাতা সরবতি or কাঁঠাল পাতা | native | Pan sole | Brachirus pan | Carangiformes |
| Katla | কাতলা | native | Indian carp or Indian katla | Catla catla | Cypriniformes |
| Keti | কেটি | native | | Osteobrama cotio | Cypriniformes |
| Kholshe, khoulsha or goroy | খলশে, খৌলশা or গরই | native | Banded gourami | Trichogaster fasciata | Anabantiformes |
| Khaksa | খাকসা | native | Barna baril | Opsarius barna | Cypriniformes |
| Kharu | খারু | native | Rice-paddy eel | Pisodonophis boro | Anguilliformes |
| Khorsula or khur khula | খোরসুলা or খর খুলা | native | Corsula | Rhinomugil corsula | Mugiliformes |
| Koi | কৈ | native | Climbing gourami | Anabas cobojius | Anabantiformes |
| Koi koral | কৈ কোরাল | native | Atlantic tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis | Acanthuriformes |
| Koirka | কৈরকা | native | | Nemacheilus corica | Cypriniformes |
| Koitor | কোইটুর | native | Coitor croaker | Johnius coitor | Acanthuriformes |
| Koksa | কোকসা or ককসা | native | | Barilius shacra | Cypriniformes |
| Kosuati or kosa puti | কোসুয়াটি or কোসা পুঁটি | native | | Oreichthys cosuatis | Cypriniformes |
| Kuchia | কুঁচে, কুচিয়া or কুইচ্চা | native | Swamp eel | Monopterus cuchia | Synbranchiformes |
| Kuli | কুলি | native | Duckbill sleeper | Butis butis | Gobiiformes |
| Kumirer khil | কুমিরের খিল | native | Deocata pipefish | Microphis deocata | Syngnathiformes |
| Kursha or Katol kushi | কুরসা or কাতল কুশি | native | Kalabans | Sinilabeo dero | Cypriniformes |
| Kuta kanti | কুটি কানটি | native | Conta catfish | Erethistes pusillus | Siluriformes |
| Lal kholisha | লাল খোলিশা or খলশে | native | Dwarf gourami | Trichogaster lalius | Anabantiformes |
| Lotey | লোটে, ল্যাটা, লেটা or লইট্যা | native | Bombay duck | Harpadon nehereus | Aulopiformes |
| Lomba chanda or Nama chanda | লম্বা চাঁদা or নামা চান্দা | native | Elongate glassy perchlet | Chanda nama | Incertae sedis |
| Modhu pabda or pabda | মধু পাবদা or পাবদা | native | Pabdah catfish | Ompok pabda | Siluriformes |
| Magur | মাগুর | introduced | Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | Siluriformes |
| Pahari kala bata | পাহাড়ি কালা বাটা | native | Gangetic latia | Tariqilabeo latius | Cypriniformes |
| Mola punti | মলা পুঁটি | native | Glass barb | Pethia guganio | Cypriniformes |
| Mola | মলা | native | Indian carplet | Amblypharyngodon microlepis | Cypriniformes |
| Mōŭralā | মৌরলা | native | Mola carplet | Amblypharyngodon mola | Cypriniformes |
| Mrigel | মৃগেল or মিরগেল | native | Mrigal carp | Cirrhinus cirrhosus | Cypriniformes |
| Muri bacha | মুরি বাচা | native | | Eutropiichthys murius | Siluriformes |
| Muribacha | মুরিবাচা | native | Garua bachcha | Clupisoma garua | Siluriformes |
| Nandil | নানডিল | native | | Labeo nandina | Cypriniformes |
| Napte koi | নাপতে কই | native | Badis | Badis badis | Anabantiformes |
| Neftani or naftani | নেফটেনি or নাফতানি | native | Frail gourami | Ctenops nobilis | Anabantiformes |
| Nilotica | নিলোটিকা | introduced | Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus | Cichliformes |
| Nodoy, meni or royna | নদয়, মেনি মাছ, ভেদা মাছ or রয়না মাছ | native | Gangetic leaffish | Nandus nandus | Anabantiformes |
| Nuna bailla | নুনা বেলে or নুনা বাইলা | native | Golden banded goby | Brachygobius nunus | Gobiiformes |
| Nuna-tengra | নুনা টেংরা | native | Long whiskers catfish | Mystus gulio | Siluriformes |
| Gofalo nipati | গোঁফালো নিপাতী | native | Moustached danio | Danio dangila | Cypriniformes |
| Pakal | পাঁকাল | native | Eel | Anguilliformes sp. | Anguilliformes |
| Panga | পাঙ্গা | native | Java loach | Pangio oblonga | Cypriniformes |
| Pangas | পাঙ্গাস or পাঙাশ | native | Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius | Siluriformes |
| Pankal baim or guchi baim | পনকাল বাইম, পাঁকাল বাম or গুচি বাইম | native | Barred spiny eel | Macrognathus pancalus | Synbranchiformes |
| Parshe or chaptamatha khorol | পারশে or চ্যাপ্টামাথা খরোল | native | Flathead grey mullet | Mugil cephalus | Mugiliformes |
| Pathar chata or tila koksa | পাথর চাটা or তিলা কোকসা | native | | Opsarius tileo | Cypriniformes |
| Phasa | ফাশা or ফ্যাঁসা | questionable | Gangetic hairfin anchovy | Setipinna phasa | Clupeiformes |
| Phopa chanda | ফোপা চান্দা or ফোঁপা চাঁদা | native | Himalayan glassy perchlet | Parambassis baculis | Incertae sedis |
| Phutani punti | ফুটনি পুঁটি | native | Spottedsail barb | Pethia phutunio | Cypriniformes |
| Poa | পোয়া | native | Pama croaker | Otolithoides pama | Acanthuriformes |
| Chanda or pomfret | চাঁদা or পমফ্রেট | native | Pomfret | Brama brama | Scombriformes |
| Potka | পটকা | native | Green pufferfish | Dichotomyctere fluviatilis | Tetraodontiformes |
| Shada fota dahuk | সাদা ফোঁটা ডাহুক | native | Giant mudskipper | Periophthalmodon schlosseri | Gobiiformes |
| Puiya | পুয়া | native | Burmese loach | Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei | Cypriniformes |
| Puti | পুঁটি | native | Swamp barb | Puntius chola | Cypriniformes |
| Punti or tit punti | পুঁটি or তিত পুঁটি | native | Ticto barb | Pethia ticto | Cypriniformes |
| Putitor mohashoul or shonali mohashoul | মহাশোল | native | Golden mahseer | Tor putitora | Cypriniformes |
| Rajputi or Thai sorputi | রাজ পুঁটি or থাই সরপুটি | introduced | Java barb | Barbonymus gonionotus | Cypriniformes |
| Ranga chanda | রাঙ্গা চান্দা or রাঙা চাঁদা | native | Indian glassy fish | Parambassis ranga | Incertae sedis |
| Rata boura | রাটা বউরা | native | Purple spaghetti-eel | Moringua raitaborua | Anguilliformes |
| Rita | রিটা or রিঠা | native | Rita | Rita rita | Siluriformes |
| Bacha or bachua bacha | বাচা or বাচুয়া বাচা | native | Bacha | Eutropiichthys vacha | Siluriformes |
| Rui or rohu | রুই | native | Indian rui or rohu | Labeo rohita | Cypriniformes |
| Sapla pata | শাপলা পাটা | native | Pale-edged stingray | Telatrygon zugei | Myliobatiformes |
| Savon khorka | শভন খোরকা or স্যভন খোরকা | native | | Schistura savona | Cypriniformes |
| Shada ghonia | সাদা ঘনিয়া | native | Kuria labeo | Labeo gonius | Cypriniformes |
| Shankhachii or dagi shankhachil | শানকাচি or দাগি শঙ্খচিল | native | Banded eagle ray | Aetomylaeus nichofii | Myliobatiformes |
| Shillong | শিলঙ্গ | native | Silond catfish | Silonia silondia | Siluriformes |
| Shingi or jhill shingi | শিঙি, শিঙ্গঘি or ঝিল শিংঘি | native | Stinging catfish | Heteropneustes fossilis | Siluriformes |
| Shol | শৌল or শোল | native | Snakehead murrel | Channa striata | Anabantiformes |
| Sarpunti | সরপুঁটি | native | Olive barb | Systomus sarana | Cypriniformes |
| Silver carp | সিলভার কার্প | introduced | Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Cypriniformes |
| Surma | সুরমা | native | king mackerel | Scomberomorus cavalla | Scombriformes |
| Kuicha or lomba pakhnar shap bain | কুইচা or লম্বা পাখনার সাপ বাইন | native | Longfin snake-eel | Pisodonophis cancrivorus | Anguilliformes |
| Tengra or bajuri tengra | টেংরা or বাজুরী টেংরা | native | | Mystus tengara | Siluriformes |
| Sunkush | শুনকুশ | questionable | Dwarf whipray | Himantura walga | Myliobatiformes |
| Taki | টাকি | native | Spotted snakehead | Channa punctata | Anabantiformes |
| Telapia | তেলাপিয়া | introduced | Blackchin tilapia | Sarotherodon melanotheron | Cichliformes |
| Tara baim | তারা বাইম | native | Lesser spiny eel | Macrognathus aculeatus | Synbranchiformes |
| Tengra | টেংরা | native | Striped dwarf catfish | Mystus vittatus | Siluriformes |
| Tengra or tista tengra or tista batasi | টেংরা, তিস্তা টেংরা or তিস্তা বাতাসি | native | Tista batasio | Batasio batasio | Siluriformes |
| Tepa or pati potka | ট্যাঁপা or পাতি পটকা | native | Ocellated pufferfish | Tetraodon cutcutia | Tetraodontiformes |
| Teri punti | টেরা পুঁনটি or টেরি পুঁটি | native | Onespot barb | Puntius terio | Cypriniformes |
| Tiashol or tila shol | টিয়াশোল or তিলা শোল | native | Barca snakehead | Channa barca | Anabantiformes |
| Telapia | তেলাপিয়া | introduced | Mozambique tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus | Cichliformes |
| Topshe | তপসে or তপস্বী | native | Paradise threadfin | Polynemus paradiseus | Carangiformes |
| Titari | তিতারী | native | River stone carp | Psilorhynchus sucatio | Cypriniformes |
| Tor mahseer or mohashoul | মহাশির or মহাশোল | native | Tor mahseer | Tor tor | Cypriniformes |
| Uti or urti | উটি or উর্তি | native | Chaguni | Chagunius chagunio | Cypriniformes |