List of fishes in Bangladesh
is a country with thousands of rivers and ponds and is notable for being 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 where it contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are caught both from natural resources and by farming in self-made ponds.
Fishes of Bangladesh
| Local Bengali name | Name in Bengali | Status | Common English name | Scientific Name | Picture | - |
| Artamim | আইড়/আরটামিম/আড় | native | Long-whiskered catfish | Sperata aor | - | |
| Along | এলং | native | Bengal Barb | Megarasbora elanga | - | |
| Angrot/Kharsa | এংরট | native | Angrot | Labeo angra | - | |
| Anju | আনজু | native | Zebrafish | Danio rerio | - | |
| Arwari | আরওয়ারি | native | Menoda catfish | Hemibagrus menoda | - | |
| Bagair | বাগাইর/বাঘাইর | native | Dwarf goonch | Bagarius bagarius | - | |
| Baan or Baanehara | বানমাছ বানেহারা | native | Indian mottled eel | Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis | - | |
| Baan or Pakal or Bamush | বানমাছ পাঁকাল বামুশ | native | Bengal eel | Ophisternon bengalense | - | |
| Bai-la | বাইলা | native | Awaous guamensis | - | ||
| Baim | বাইম | native | Zig-zag eel/Tire track eel | Mastacembelus armatus | - | - |
| Boitka | বইটকা | native | Labeo pangusia | - | ||
| Bhetki | ভেটকী | native | Barramundi | Lates calcarifer | - | |
| Balichura | বালিচুরা | native | Balitora minnow | Psilorhynchus balitora | - | |
| Balichura | বালিচুরা | endemic | Rainbow minnow | Psilorhynchus gracilis | - | |
| Bansh-pata/Debari | বাঁশপাতা/দেবারি | native | Sind danio | Devario devario | - | |
| Bansh-pata/Bati | বাঁশপাতা/বাটা | native | Broad-mouthed mullet/Large-scaled mullet | Paramugil parmatus | - | |
| Barali | বারালি / বোরালি | native | Barred baril | Barilius barila | - | |
| Baril/Joiya | বারিল/জইয়া | native | Hamilton's barila | Barilius bendelisis | - | |
| Basa fish | বাসা/পাংগাস | introduced | Basa fish | Pangasius bocourti | - | |
| Bata/Bangna | বাটা/বাংনা | native | Reba | Labeo ariza | - | |
| Bata | বাটা | native | Bata | Labeo bata | - | |
| Batasi | বাতাসি | native | Indian Batasi | Neotropius atherinoides | - | |
| Bechi | বেচি | native | Whitespot/Blue panchax | Aplocheilus panchax | - | |
| Bele | বেলে | native | Scribbled goby | Awaous grammepomus | - | |
| Bhadi puti | ভাদি পুঁটি | native | Pool barb | Puntius sophore | - | |
| Bhangan | ভাঙন/ভাঙ্গন | native | Boga labeo | Labeo boga | - | |
| Bhol | ভোল | native | Trout barb | Raiamas bola | - | |
| Bhola Bhetki | ভোলা ভেটকি | native | Indian Jewfish | Nibea soldado | - | |
| Kuli/Bhut bele | কুলি/ভূত বেলে | native | Dusky sleeper | Eleotris fusca | - | |
| Bilchuri | বিলচুরি | native | Mottled loach | Acanthocobitis botia | - | |
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| Borguni | বোরগুনি | native | Jarbua terapon | Terapon jarbua | - | |
| Bou/Rani | বৌমাছ/রানি | native | Bengal loach | Botia dario | - | |
| Bou mach | বৌমাছ/রানি | questionable | Hora loach | Botia dayi | - | |
| Murari | মুরারি | native | Carplet | Aspidoparia morar | - | |
| Magor/Shing | মাগুর/শিঙি মাছ | native | Indian torrent catfish | Amblyceps mangois | - | |
| Gong Tengra | গং টেংরা | native | Gagata gagata | - | ||
| Magur/Shing | মাগুর/শিঙি মাছ | native | Gagata youssoufi | - | ||
| Chandan Ilish | চন্দনা/চন্দন ইলিশ | native | Toli shad | Tenualosa toli | - | |
| Chapila | চাপিলা | native | Ganges River Gizzard Shad | Gonialosa manmina | - | |
| Chapila | চাপিলা | native | Indian River Shad | Gudusia chapra | - | |
| Chebli | চেবলি | native | Giant Danio | Devario aequipinnatus | - | |
| Cheka | চেকা | native | Squarehead Catfish | Chaca chaca | - | |
| Chela | চেলা | questionable | Silver razorbelly minnow | Salmostoma acinaces | - | |
| Chep chela/Laubucha | চেপ চেলা/লাউবুচা | native | Indian Glass Barb | Chela laubuca | - | |
| Chewa | চেওয়া | native | Pseudapocryptes elongatus | - | ||
| ChitolList of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2| List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite note-:0-1| | চিতল/ চেতল | native | Clown Knifefish | Chitala chitala | - | |
| Pholi | ফলি | native | Bronze featherback | Notopterus notopterus | - | |
| Chuno | চুনো | native | Honey gourami | Trichogaster chuna | - | |
| Chunobele | চুনোবেলে | native | Gobiopterus chuno | - | ||
| Common carp | কমন কার্প | introduced | Common carp | Cyprinus carpio carpio | - | |
| Dahuk | ডাহুক | native | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby | Boleophthalmus boddarti | - | |
| Dahuk | ডাহুক | native | Walking goby | Scartelaos histophorus | - | |
| Dari | ডারি | native | Schistura scaturigina | - | ||
| Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Flying barb | Esomus danricus | - | |
| Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Slender rasbora | Rasbora daniconius | - | |
| Darkina | দারকিনা | native | Gangetic scissortail rasbora | Rasbora rasbora | - | |
| Dhal magor | ঢাল মাগুর | native | Glyptothorax telchitta | - | ||
| Ek thouta | এক থৌতা | questionable | Wrestling halfbeak | Dermogenys pusilla | - | |
| Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Channa gachua | - | ||
| Gechua | গেছুয়া | native | Walking snakehead | Channa orientalis | - | |
| Gagla | গাগলা | native | Gagora catfish | Arius gagora | - | |
| Gong magor | গং মাগুর | native | Gray eel-catfish | Plotosus canius | - | |
| Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Gagata cenia | - | ||
| Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Gogangra viridescens | - | ||
| Gong tengra | গাঙ টেংরা | native | Nangra nangra | - | ||
| Kabashi Tengra | গুলসা/গুলসা-টেংরা/কাবাশি টেংরা | native | Gangetic mystus | Mystus cavasius | - | |
| Ghor poi-ya | ঘর পোয়া | native | Sucker head | Garra gotyla gotyla | - | |
| Ghonia | ঘনিয়া | native | Boggut labeo | Labeo boggut | - | |
| Ghor poa | ঘর পোয়া | introduced | Garra annandalei | - | ||
| Ghora chela | ঘোড়া চেলা | native | Securicula gora | - | ||
| Ghora mach | ঘোড়া মাছ | native | Labeo dyocheilus | - | ||
| Gilipunti | গিলি পুঁটি | native | Golden barb | Puntius gelius | - | |
| Gobi | বেলে | native | Apocryptes bato | - | ||
| Goti poa | গোটি পোয়া | native | Largescale archerfish | Toxotes chatareus | - | |
| Gojar | গজার | native | Great snakehead | Channa marulius | - | |
| Grass carp | গ্রাস কার্প | introduced | Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | - | |
| Gura tengra | গুরা টেঙ্গরা | native | Chandramara chandramara | - | ||
| Gutum | গুতুম | native | Annandale loach | Lepidocephalichthys annandalei | - | |
| Gutum | গুতুম | native | Guntea loach | Lepidocephalichthys guntea | - | |
| Gurjāli | গুরজালি, গুরজাউলি | native | Indian Salmon | Eleutheronema tetradactylum | - | |
| Hatchetfish | native | Chela cachius | - | |||
| Ilish | ইলিশ | native | The Great Ilish, Hilsa | Tenualosa ilisha | - | |
| Jaya | জয়া | native | Jaya | Aspidoparia jaya | - | |
| Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Ganges river sprat | Corica soborna | - | |
| Kechhki | কাচকি | native | Yellowtail mullet | Sicamugil cascasia | - | |
| Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Gangetic ailia | Ailia coila | - | |
| Kajuli | কাজুলি | native | Jamuna ailia | Ailiichthys punctata | - | |
| Kakila | কাকিলা | native | Freshwater garfish | Xenentodon cancila | - | |
| Kalibaus | কালিবাউস/ কালবোশ | native | Orange-fin labeo | Labeo calbasu | - | |
| Kachon punti | কাচোন পুঁটি | native | Rosy barb | Puntius conchonius | - | |
| Kani pabda | কানি পাবদা | native | Butter catfish | Ompok bimaculatus | - | |
| Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Glyptothorax cavia | - | ||
| Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Painted catfish | Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi | - | |
| Kani tengra | কানি টেংরা | native | Pseudolaguvia shawi | - | ||
| Karati hangar | করাতি হাঙর | native | Knifetooth sawfish | Anoxypristis cuspidata | - | |
| Kathal pata | কাঁঠাল পাতা | native | Pan sole | Brachirus pan | - | |
| KatlaList of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2| List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite note-:0-1| ] | কাতলা | native | Indian Carp, Indian Katla | Catla catla | - | |
| Keti | কেটি | native | Osteobrama cotio cotio | - | ||
| Kholshe, Khoulsha | খলশে, খৌলশা | native | Banded gourami | Colisa fasciata | - | |
| Goroy | গরই | native | Banded gourami | Colisa fasciata | - | |
| Khaksa | খাকসা | native | Barilius barna | - | ||
| Kharu | খারু | native | Rice-paddy eel | Pisodonophis boro | - | |
| Khoyra | খয়রা | native | Chatoessus manminna | - | ||
| Khorsula | খোরসুলা | native | Corsula | Rhinomugil corsula | - | |
| Koi | কৈ | native | Climbing perch | Anabas testudineus | - | |
| Koirka | কৈরকা | native | Schistura corica | - | ||
| Koitor | কোইটুর | native | Coitor croaker | Johnius coitor | - | |
| Koksa | ককসা | native | Barilius shacra | - | ||
| Kosuati | কোসুয়াটি | native | Oreichthys cosuatis | - | ||
| Kuchia | কুঁচে, কুচিয়া, কুইচ্চা | native | Swamp eel | Monopterus cuchia | - | |
| Kuli | কুলি | native | Duckbill sleeper | Butis butis | - | |
| Kumirer khil | কুমিরের খিল | native | Deocata pipefish | Microphis deocata | - | |
| Kursha | কুরসা | native | Kalabans | Sinilabeo dero | - | |
| Kuta kanti | কুটি কানটি | native | Conta catfish | Erethistes pusillus | - | |
| Kutakanti | কুটি কানটি | native | - | |||
| Lal kholisha | লাল খোলিশা/ খলশে | native | Dwarf gourami | Colisa lalia | - | |
| Lotey | লোটে/ল্যাটা/লেটা/লইট্যা | native | Bombay Duck | Harpadon nehereus | - | |
| Lomba chanda | লম্বা চাঁদা | native | Elongate glass-perchlet | Chanda nama | - | |
| Modhu pabda | মধু পাবদা | native | Pabdah catfish | Ompok pabda | - | |
| Magur | মাগুর | introduced | Walking Catfish | Clarias batrachus | - | |
| Minor carp | native | Crossocheilus latius | - | |||
| Mola punti | মলা পুঁটি | native | Glass-barb | Puntius guganio | - | |
| Mola | মলা | native | Mola Carplet | Amblypharyngodon microlepis | - | |
| Mōŭralā | মৌরলা | native | Indian Carplet | Amblypharyngodon mola | - | |
| MrigelList of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2| List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite note-:0-1| ] | মৃগেল, মিরগেল | native | Mrigal | Cirrhinus cirrhosus | - | |
| Muri bacha | মুরি বাচা | native | Eutropiichthys murius | - | ||
| Muribacha | মুরিবাচা | native | Garua Bachcha | Clupisoma garua | - | |
| Nandil | নানডিল | native | Labeo nandina | - | ||
| Napte koi | নাপতে কই | native | Badis | Badis badis | - | |
| Neftani | নেফটেনি | native | Frail gourami | Ctenops nobilis | - | |
| Nilotica | নিলোটিকা | introduced | Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus niloticus | - | |
| Nur Pur | নদয় | native | Gangetic leaffish | Nandus nandus | - | |
| Nuna bailla | নুনা বেলে | native | Brachygobius nunus | - | ||
| Nuna-tengra | নুনা টেংরা | native | Long whiskers catfish | Mystus gulio | - | |
| Olive danio | native | Danio dangila | - | |||
| Pakal | পাঁকাল | native | Eel | Anguilliformes sp. | - | |
| Pabda | পাবদা | native | Indian Catfish | Callichrus pabda | - | |
| Panga | পাঙ্গা | native | Java loach | Pangio oblonga | - | |
| Pangas | পাঙ্গাস / পাঙাশ | native | Yellowtail catfish | Pangasius pangasius | - | |
| Pankal baim | পনকাল বাইম / পাঁকাল বাম | native | Barred spiny eel | Macrognathus pancalus | - | |
| Parshe | পারশে | native | Flathead grey mullet | Mugil cephalus | - | |
| Pathar chata | পাথর চাটা | native | Barilius tileo | - | ||
| Phasa | ফাশা/ ফ্যাঁসা | questionable | Gangetic hairfin anchovy | Setipinna phasa | - | |
| Phopa chanda | ফোপা চান্দা/ ফোঁপা চাঁদা | native | Himalayan glassy perchlet | Pseudambassis baculis | - | |
| Phutani punti | ফুটনি পুঁটি | native | Spottedsail barb | Puntius phutunio | - | |
| Poa | পোয়া | native | Pama croaker | Otolithoides pama | - | |
| Pomfret | চাঁদা, পমফ্রেট | native | Pomfret | Brama brama | - | |
| Potka | পটকা | native | Green pufferfish | Tetraodon fluviatilis | - | |
| Pug-headed mud skipper | native | Giant mudskipper | Periophthalmodon schlosseri | - | ||
| Puiya | পুয়া | native | Burmese loach | Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei | - | |
| Punti | পুঁটি | native | Swamp barb | Puntius chola | - | |
| Punti | পুঁটি | native | Small freshwater fish | Punctius ticto | - | |
| Putitor mohashoul | মহাশোল | native | Golden mahseer | Tor putitora | - | |
| MohashoulList of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2|List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite%20note-:0-2| List of fishes in Bangladesh#cite note-:0-1| | মহাশোল | native | Tor Tor | - | ||
| Rajputi | রাজ পুঁটি | introduced | Java barb | Barbonymus gonionotus | - | |
| Ranga chanda | রাঙ্গা চান্দা / রাঙা চাঁদা | native | Indian glassy fish | Parambassis ranga | - | |
| Rata boura | রাটা বউরা | native | Purple spaghetti-eel | Moringua raitaborua | - | |
| Rita | রিটা | native | Rita | Rita rita | - | |
| Bacha | বাচা | native | Bacha | Eutropiichthys vacha | - | |
| Rui // Rohu | রুই | native | Indian Rui // Rohu | Labeo rohita | - | |
| Sapla pata | শাপলা পাটা | native | Pale-edged stingray | Dasyatis zugei | - | |
| Savon khorka | শভন খোরকা | native | Schistura savona | - | ||
| Shada ghonia | সাদা ঘনিয়া | native | Kuria labeo | Labeo gonius | - | |
| Shankhachii | শানকাচি | native | Banded eagle ray | Aetomylaeus nichofii | - | |
| Shillong | শিলঙ্গ | native | Silond catfish | Silonia silondia | - | |
| Shingi | শিঙি /শিঙ্গঘি | native | Stinging catfish | Heteropneustes fossilis | - | |
| Shol | শৌল / শোল | native | Snakehead murrel | Channa striata | - | - |
| Sarpunti | সরপুঁটি | native | Olive barb | Puntius sarana | - | |
| Silver carp | সিলভার কার্প | introduced | Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | - | |
| Kuicha | কুইচা | native | Longfin Snake-eel | Pisodonophis cancrivorus | - | |
| Striped dwarf catfish | native | Mystus tengara | - | |||
| Songkor | Sea | |||||
| Sunkush | শুনকুশ | questionable | Dwarf whipray | Himantura walga | - | |
| Taki | টাকি | native | Spotted snakehead | Channa punctata | - | |
| Topshe | তপসে/ তপস্বী | native | Mango Fish / Cichlid | Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii | - | |
| Tara baim | তারা বাইম | native | Lesser spiny eel | Macrognathus aculeatus | - | |
| Tengra | টেংরা | native | Tyangra | Batasio batasio, Mystus tengara, Macrones vittalus | - | |
| Tepa | ট্যাঁপা | native | Ocellated pufferfish | Tetraodon cutcutia | - | |
| Teri punti | টেরা পুঁনটি | native | Onespot barb | Puntius terio | - | |
| Tiashol | টিয়াশোল | native | Barca snakehead | Channa barca | - | |
| Telapia | তেলাপিয়া | introduced | Indian Tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus | - | |
| Tit punti | native | Ticto barb | Puntius ticto | - | ||
| Titari | টাটারি | native | River stone carp | Psilorhynchus sucatio | - | |
| Tor mahseer | মহাশির | native | Tor mahseer | Tor tor | - | |
| Utii | উটি | native | Chaguni | Chagunius chagunio | - |