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16 maj 2024 · Thursday, 16 May 2024 - 19:11. Sri Lanka's largest reported freshwater fish, which was bred in a mangrove at the house of a businessman in Pelmadulla, has died yesterday (15) The news has...
Marine fish are strictly different from freshwater counterparts due to high salinity of sea water, which they live. Also, they are larger than most freshwater species and rich in proteins. There are about 100+ species of common commercial fish around the country.
There are 95 species of freshwater fish occur in the country, where 53 of those are endemic. 41% of all known species of fish of Sri Lanka are found in freshwater. There are about 70% of endemism of those fish. Most of them are listed into IUCN categories. Four Devario species were described in 2017 by Batuwita et al.
Sri Lanka. Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Sri Lanka is based on the taxonomy used in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
1 sty 2020 · According to the list of the Food Control Administration Unit of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka 2019, there are 178 local bottled water brands and 3 imported brands (from France, Japan,...
The country boasts of 95 species of freshwater water fish and 52 of them are endemic to the country. In fact, 41% of the country’s fish species are found in freshwater and nearly 70% of them are only found in Sri Lanka.
