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Abstract
An investigation was carried out on fish landing centers, fish markets and fish fauna of the Mymensingh town to
overview the location of the fish landing/entering centers, the source of supply and availability of fisheries organisms
in Mymensingh town. The investigation was conducted from October 2009 to September 2010 in sixteen landing
centers and markets of Mymensingh town. Among a total of 122 species of fishes were available of which, 113 were
finfish and 9 were shellfish. Out of 113 finfish, 85 were freshwater fish species, 14 were exotic species, 14 were
marine species, 7 were prawn /shrimps and 2 were mud crab and tortoise. Different types of freshwater fish, marine
fish, crustacean and dry fish were found in Mymensingh town. The most abundant freshwater fish species were Catla
catla, Labeo rohita, Clarias batrachus, Cirrhinus cirrhosus, Channa punctatus. Among the marine fishes Lates
calcarifer, Euthynnus affinis and Mugil cephalus were recorded. The shellfishes, Macrobrachium rosenbergii and
Penaeus monodon were most abundant. Significant amount of carps were imported from inside and outside of the
districts. Besides the carps, small quantities of other fish, e.g, hilsha, catfish, tilapia, small indigenous fish, prawn and
shrimp and other fish including marine can be seen in the fish landing centers and fish markets in Mymensingh town.
Trains, buses, trucks and pickups were used as transport of fish to the landing centers from outside of Mymensingh
town. Virtually most of the fish (84.6 %) were brought from different areas of the district and adjacent district like
Netrokona, Jamalpur, Gazipur and Kishoreganj. The rest (15.4 %) were brought from external source in Mechhua
bazar, Natun bazar, Sankipara bazar, Charpara bazar and Kathgola bazar. Main source of the fishes were different
ponds, haors, beels and rivers of Mymensingh and adjacent districts.