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Fish of South Asia

116 fish from South Asia on EveryFish so far.

Fish places

Events

World Fisheries Day National Fish Farmers' Day Magh Bihu and Uruka community fishing Matsya Jayanti Narali Purnima Hilsa season in Bengal Monsoon fishing ban, India's west coast Fishing ban, India's east coast

Countries

🇦🇫 Afghanistan 10 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 50 🇧🇹 Bhutan 6 🇮🇳 India 104 🇲🇻 Maldives 1 🇳🇵 Nepal 32 🇵🇰 Pakistan 47 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 27

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreIndian threadfin A large coastal fish with distinctive long fin filaments.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1804

South AsiaGreen spotted puffer Small brackish water pufferfish with a tiny genomeOther · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreReef stonefish A highly venomous marine fish known for its rock-like camouflage and potent toxins.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1801

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreGoldspot mullet Small coastal mullet of the Indian OceanOther · Coasts and shelves

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreTorpedo scad A fast, torpedo-shaped marine fish found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758

🇮🇳 IndiaBombay duck A lizardfish species from the Indo-Pacific known for its pungent dried form.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreJapanese meagre A large saltwater fish found across the Indo-Pacific region.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreIndian sillago A small coastal whiting found in India and Oman.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1985

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreGiant mudskipper Large amphibious goby found in Indo-Pacific mangroves.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreBarramundi A catadromous fish found across the Indo-West Pacific, valued for sport and aquaculture.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreParadise threadfin A yellow-finned ray-finned fish from South and Southeast Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Green spotted puffer: Starseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
Reef stonefish: Karelj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Goldspot mullet: Afsar Nayakkan, CC BY 4.0, source
Torpedo scad: Kare, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bombay duck: Hamid Badar Osmany (hamid61612002@yahoo.com ), CC BY 3.0, source
Japanese meagre: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Indian sillago: Kare, Public domain, source
Giant mudskipper: Artem Abdukakharov, CC BY 4.0, source
Barramundi: Mitch Ames, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Paradise threadfin: George Henry Ford, Public domain, source

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