Dried fish varieties in Sri Lanka

Dried fish varieties (marine and inland)

Scientific name	English name	Sinhala name*	Tamil name*	Habitat
Small Marine Fish
Stolephorus sp.	Anchovy species (sprats)	Haalmessa	Neththili	Pelagic
Amblygaster cluepeoides	Smoothbelly sardinella	Keerameen	Mundakan kilichchi	Pelagic
Amblygaster sirm	Trenched sardinella (herring)	Hurulla	Keerimeen saalai	Pelagic
Leiognathus sp.	Pony fish species	Karalla	Vari karai	Demersal
Rastrelliger kanagurta	Indian mackerel	Kumbalava	Kanang keluththi	Pelagic
Decapterus macrosoma	Shortfin scad	Linna		Reef-associated
Large Marine Fish
Katsuwonus pelamis	Skipjack tuna	Balaya		Pelagic
Scomberoides lysan	Double-spotted queen fish	Katta		Reef-associated
Carcharhinus sp.	Shark	Mora/Keelan
Arlus thalassinus	Giant catfish	Anguluwa
Scomberomorus commersoni	Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Seer)	Thora	Arekula	Pelagic
Dasyatis sp.	Sting ray	Maduwa
Sardinella gibbose	Gold-striped  sardinella	Saalaya
Istiophorus platypterus	Sailfish	Thalapath	Mayil meen	Pelagic
Harpadon nehereus	Bombay duck	Bombili		Benthopelagic
Chirocentrus dorab	Dorab wolf-herring	Katuwalla
Lactarius lactarius	False trevally	Pulunna	Suthumbu
Carangoides fulvoguttatusf	Yellow-spotted trevally	Thumba parawa	Manjal parai	Reef-associated
	Perch giant	Koduwa
		Anjila
Caranx ignobilis	Giant trevally	Parawa
	Krill	Kooni
Penaeus sp.	Shrimp/prawn	Issa
	Squid/Cuttle fish	Della
Freshwater Fish Species
Puntius filamentosus	Filamented barb	Pethiya		Freshwater
Etroplus suratensis	Pearl spot cichlid	Koraliya
Oreochromis mossambicus	Tilapia	Mozambique Tilapiya
Oreochromis niloticus	Nile tilapia	Batta
Glossogobius giuris	Bar eyed goby	Weligouwa
Channa striatus	Murrel	Loola
Hyporham	Half beak	Morella
Arius sp.	Catfish	Magura

(Source: NARA and NAqDA)