List of common commercial fish of Sri Lanka
Name Binomial Sinhala Name
Bleeker 's smoothbelly sardinella Amblygaster clupeoides Gal hurulla ( ගල් හුරුල්ලා )
Smoothbelly sardinella Amblygaster leiogaster Keeramin ( කීරමින් )
Spotted sardinella Amblygaster sirm Hurulla ( හුරුල්ලා )
Rainbow sardine Dussumieria acuta Thondayaa ( තොන්ඩයා )
White sardine Escualosa thoracata Wella sudaa ( වැල්ල සුදා )
Bloch 's gizzard shad Nematalosa nasus Koyyaa ( කොය්යා )
White sardinella Sardinella albella Sudayaa ( සුදයා )
Goldstripe sardinella Sardinella gibbosa Saalayaa ( සාලයා )
Ilish Tenualosa ilisha Puvaali ( පුවාලි )
Bony fish -- Herrings and allies
Order : Clupeiformes . Family : Clupeidae
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. It is situated in the middle of Indian Ocean. Because of being an island, Sri Lanka has many endemic freshwater fauna, as well as thousands of marine and brackish water fauna. Fishing is the way of life of most of costal community. So, the marine fish fauna gives a greater commercial value to the country's economy, as well as well being of the coastal people. 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. Crustaceans such as, crabs, lobsters, prawns, and squids, cuttlefish, and sea cucumbers also added to this list instead of fish types due to their high value commercially. i.e. - All Sinhala words are typed by SININETN truetype font style of Singreesi software.