Table 5.

Popular fish in fish paste reported by respondents

Fish size	No	English name	Phonetic Burmese	Scientific name	Main source	Frequency
Non-small	1	Largehead hairtail	Nga da gon	Trichiurus lepturus	Capture fishery	73
	2	Striped snakehead	Nga yant	Channa striata	Capture fishery	14
	3	Banded gourami	Nga pyin tha let	Trichogaster fasciata	Capture fishery	3
	4	Other types of non-small fish			Capture fishery	7
	Sub-total					97
Small	1	Burma hairfin anchovy	Nga pya	Setipinna wheeleri	Capture fishery	31
	2	Gold spotted grenadier anchovy	Myi than twel	Coilia dussumieri	Capture fishery	6
	3	Snakehead	Nga pa naw	Channa punctata	Capture fishery	6
	4	Climbing perch	Nga bye ma	Anabas testudineus	Capture fishery	6
	5	Swamp barb	Nga hkone ma	Puntius chola	Capture fishery	3
	6	Other types of small fish			Capture fishery	6
	Sub-total					58
Unknown	1	Other types of fish unknown size			Capture fishery	2
	Sub-total					2
Grand total						157