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The Negombo Fish Market is interesting because it takes place right on the beach, fresh from fishing boats. Crowds of fishermen are seen untangling their fishing nets, playing with their kids, and stretching out miles of fish to dry in the sun on Negombo's shor

It was a Sunday when we visited so the fish market was 'closed' since Negombo's predominant Catholic population goes to church on this day. The main gate was closed to show this, but it's a beach so you can just walk around it and wander around anyway. You'll see long blue sheds on the way to the shore where they store fishing baskets and the lot.

There are still little stalls outside the market like the one above that sell fish on Sundays, for about Rs. 200 per kilo.

Paraw Fish Slices

Rs.1,390.00

/KG

Name	Binomial	Sinhala Name
Longfin mako shark	Isurus paucus	Maha mee moraa (මහ මී මෝරා)
Shortfin mako shark	Isurus oxyrinchus	Heen mee mora (හීන් මී මෝරා)

Threshers

Name	Binomial	Sinhala Name
Wahoo	Acanthocybium solandri	Sawaraa (සවරා)
Bullet tuna	Auxis rochei	Ragodu, Kombayaa (රගොඩු, කොම්බයා)
Frigate tuna	Auxis thazard	Alagoduwaa (අලගොඩුවා)
Mackerel tuna	Euthynnus affinis	Aetawallaa (ඇටවල්ලා)
Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis	Balayaa (බලයා)
Indian mackerel	Rastrelliger kanagurta	Kumbalawaa (කුම්බලවා)
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel	Scomberomorus commerson	Thoraa (තෝරා)
Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares	Kelawallaa (කෙලවල්ලා)
Bigeye tuna	Thunnus obesus	As-gedi Kelawallaa (ඇස් ගෙඩි කෙලවල්ලා)

Jacks and allies[edit]

Family: Carangidae

Common name	Binomial	Sinhala Name
Bludger	Carangoides gymnostethus	Vattiyaa (වට්ටියා)
Yellowspotted trevally	Carangoides fulvoguttatus	Thumba paraawaa (තුම්බ පරාවා)
Blacktip trevally	Caranx heberi	Guru paraawaa (ගුරු පරාවා)
Giant trevally	Caranx ignobilis	Paraawaa (පරාවා)
Indian Scad	Decapterus russelli	Linna (ලින්නා)
Bigeye scad	Selar crumenophthalmus	Bollaa (බෝල්ලා)

Sailfish and allies[edit]

Family: Istiophoridae

Common name	Binomial	Sinhala Name
Indo-Pacific sailfish	Istiophorus platypterus	Thalapath (තලපත්)
Black marlin	Istiompax indica	Kalu kopparaa (කලු කොප්පරා)
Striped marlin	Kajikia audax	Iri kopparaa (ඉරි කොප්පරා)
Atlantic blue marlin	Makaira nigricans	Nil koppara (නිල් කොප්පරා)

Swordfish[edit]

Family: Xiphiidae

Common name	Binomial	Sinhala Name	Tamil Name
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	Sapparaa (සප්පරා)	Thalapaththu/Myil Meen (மயில் மீன்)

Emperors[edit]

Family: Lethrinidae

Common name	Binomial	Sinhala Name
Spangled emperor	Lethrinus nebulosus	Meevetiya, Atissaa (මීවෙටියා, අටිස්සා)
Longface emperor	Lethrinus olivaceus	Uru hotaa (ඌරු හොටා)

Sudaya

Rs.190.00

/KG

Linna

Rs.490.00

/KG

Balaya.
1 kg.
R.S. 250.00

Sudaya

Rs.190.00

/KG