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Synopsis Sustainable Production of carps (Indian Major Carp and Exotic Carp) have been achieved and standardized from different carp pockets of India., But there are a number of other food fishes cat fishes that contribute to capture fisheries have immense food value, and market demand. In recent years researches with regards to biology, breeding and culture of several air breathing and non air breathing fishes have given greater importance due to high consumer preference in different parts of the country. The information available on fish biology is in scattered from in different literature. Of those food fishes, cat fishes like pabda, Ompok pabda, (order : Siluriformes) Bagrid catfishes like Tangra sp (family : Bagaridae)., Climbing perch, Anabas testudineus (family : Anabantid) are the fishes which are most popular and fetches a very high market price for their taste, flavour and nutritional value. With this idea, a first hand knowledge of various aspects of biology, breeding, seed production and culture of the above fishes have been presented in the present text which would certainly be of a great use to research workers, students and progressive entrepreneurs associated with Aqua cultural science.