National fish of Bangladesh

Hilsa is the national fish of Bangle It is an economically important tropical fish.adesh, Hilsa is mainly available in the major Bangladesh rivers of the Padma,Meghna, Jamuna, and Godavari. In Bengal, hilsa can be smoked, fried, steamed, baked in young plantain leaves, prepared with mustard seed paste, curd, brinjal (eggplant), different condiments like jeera and so on. It is said that people can cook hilsa in more than 50 ways. Hilsa roe is also popular as a side dish. Hilsa can be cooked in very little oil since the fish itself is very oily.