



“Mahasheer” in Odia means big (maha) head (sheer).With the help of its temple committee, therefore, the villagers have made it mandatory for fishermen to fish all other species, but not the Kado. A monument on an island opposite the Huma temple has statues of the fisherman and his wife. In an ancient folk tale, a fisherman’s wife was turned into stone while cutting a kado. This place is reverence of kado or mahaseer fish as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu in his Matsya avatar. The village, otherwise popular for its Humma temple is a renowned historical monument, is situated on the bank of the river Mahanadi, about 40 km from Sambalpur city has become a destination for environmentalist for its conservation of Mahashir : a fish typical to the Mahanadi that flows by the temple. Local residents of Huma and Maneswar near Sambalpur on the banks of the Mahanadi refer to the mahasheer as kado. Smelts are Anadromous fishes means those that spend most of their lives in the sea but migrate to fresh water to spawnĪnchovy is saltwater fish of the engraulidae family and is distinguished from smelt (family Osmeridae) by wide mouth and long eyes and relative position of fins with dorsal wholly behind.Fish Names in Oriya/ Odia( Local fish names of fishes in Orissa / Odisha )ĭid you know Mahanadi Mahseer (Tor mosal Mahanadicus) is the state fish of Odisha. Smelts are found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe. The silversides and other unrelated fishes are sometimes also called smelts. These small, silvery-green fish, also known as rainbow smelt, are similar in appearance to sardines and anchovies Kane, nogli fish is at times refered as smelt( whiting smelt).

Coastal Karnataka, especially in Mangalore and Udupi regions, its known as Nethili, Bolingei (ಬೊಳಂಜೆ) in Kannada and Tulu and MotiyaLe in Konkani. Smelt fish is not found in india, but people refer the above fishes as smelt sometimes. Mathi, Buthai, Boige (oil sardine), Pedi, Swadi (white sardine)Īnjal, Vanjaram, Ayakura, Isona/ Esoni, Surmai, Dande Madimal, Rani, Rane meenu,Madmal, Sankara, Killimeen Palai meenu, Tol Para, Katta para, Diana meenu Thibili, Nangu, Chapati meenu, Chirate nangu(leopard) Kodai, Kora, Kanthalai, kaloor, Dhadyaar, Dodi Click here 👆👆👆 for list of 100 popular fishes with Images.
