Lifestyle Desk: We often misidentify the real hilsa fish. And using this opportunity, unscrupulous traders continue to call sardine or sandal hilsa fish as hilsa, which looks like hilsa. Because of this, buyers are being cheated by buying sardine instead of Hilsa without knowing it even with the high price.

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To avoid fraud, know the simple way to know the real hilsa-

>> The body of the original hilsa is thick laterally, the dorsal and ventral sides are almost equally convex. On the other hand, the body of sardine or sandal hilsa is thick laterally and the belly side is relatively convex and flat than the back side.
>> Hilsa grows quite large (up to 75 cm). The body length of sardines ranges from seven centimeters to twenty centimeters.
>> The head shape of real hilsa is long and pointed. The head shape of sardine is small and the tip is blunt.
>> Hilsa is white on the tip of the dorsal fin and on the edge of the caudal fin. The tip of the dorsal fin and the edge of the caudal fin of the sardine are blurred.
>> The eye shape of real hilsa is relatively small. The eye shape of sardines is relatively large.
>> Number of Aish in a row along the side line of hilsa is 40 to 50. 40 to 48 of sardines.
>> The true hilsa has 30 to 33 sharp keel bones or scutes under its belly. Squits of sardines range from 29 to 34.
>> Hilsa kankua is followed by a large black drop followed by many black drops. Sardines have a black spot at the origin of their dorsal fin.

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>> The head length of real hilsa is 28 to 32 percent of the ideal body length. The head length of sardines is 22 to 32 percent of the ideal body length.