Fresh fish at market for sale, Imphal

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Rohu is a species of fish of the carp family, found in rivers in South Asia. It is an omnivore.

See the gills of the fish flapping away as the fish heave away in the air, uncomfortable and dying without being in water...

It is called rahu in Nepali. In Hindi it is called rehu (rawas is the Indian Salmon, which is quite different). It is called rohi in Oriya, rui in Bengali,rehu in Maithili, rou in Assamese and Sylheti, rohu itself in Malayalam,[citation needed] and is reared in Kerala. It is popular in Thailand, Bangladesh, northern India and Pakistan. It is a non-oily/white fish.
Fish is the main food item of the majority of the people in the State, particularly Meiteis who are mainly concentrated in the valley.

The State has no marine fisheries. It has vast potential of fisheries resources comprising ponds tanks, natural lakes, marshy areas, swampy areas, rivers, reservoirs, submerged cropped land, low lying paddy fields etc. The largest source of fish is the Loktak Lake.

Khwairamband Bazar is the main market of Imphal, capital of the state of Manipur in India. The main feature of this market is that all its shops are owned and operated by women.

In the center of Imphal is the so-called "Women Market" where only the women are allowed to conduct business.

Source: Wikipedia



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