Some interesting facts about Ilish.. I am sure most of us Bengali folk rarely know about our beloved Hilsa or Ilish… Sources for most of this is Wikipedia – I would personally like to thank whoever put all the information out there.
Nomenclature
Hilsa (Bengali: ইলিশ Ilish) (Oriya: ଇଲିଶି Ilishii) is the most popular fish to Bengalis. Its the national fish of Bangladesh and extremely popular in West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam, India as well. Hilsa also can be found at India's Assamese-, Bengali- Oriya-speaking regions and in Telugu-speaking regions (Telugu: పులస Pulasa or Polasa) and in Pakistan Sindh (Sindhī: پلو مڇي Pallu Machhi). In Gujarat it is known as either Modenn or Palva.
Kingdom: Animalia Taxonomic Rank: Species
Synonym(s): Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822)
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I learnt how to cook Ilish Shorshe... yay :)
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