Fresh Hilsa Fish

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• Tenualosa ilisha (ilish, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad) is a species of fish in the herring family (Clupeidae), and a popular food fish in South Asia.
• The fish contributes about 12% of the total fish production and about 1% of GDP in Bangladesh.
• About 450,000 people are directly involved with the catching for livelihood; around four to five million people are indirectly involved with the trade. 
• It is also the national fish of Bangladesh.
• The fish is marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous; depth range ? - 200 m. Within a tropical range; 34°N - 5°N, 42°E - 97°E in marine and freshwater.
• It can grow up to 60 cm in length with weights of up to 3 kg.