Machh bhaja case with small fish like "Maurala" (Opio cephalus). Karimeen fish fry is also popular in Kerala, India. Machh bhaja In West Bengal, Tripura, Orissa, Assam and Bangladesh, fried fish or Māchh bhājā is a common delicacy eaten as a snack or fritter to go with a meal. Riverine fish like "bhetki", "topshey", "aarh" and "pābdā" (Ompok pābdā), and anadromous fish such as hilsa are commonly fried in Bengali cuisine, Oriya cuisine and Assamese cuisine. The oil used to fry the fish may often be used as a dip. Fried fish roe (e.g. of hilsa) are also often eaten this way.
Country Joe and the Fish on March 12, 1996. Hirsh and Cohen left soon after recording the group's next album, "Here We Are Again", and a new lineup was configured with Casady and David Getz, who formerly played drums with Big Brother and the Holding Company. The group released "Here We Are Again" in July 1969. It charted at number 48, and saw Country Joe and the Fish moving to a pop-oriented approach. Country Joe and the Fish's personnel remained relatively stable for the next six months, though Peter S. Albin, also an alumnus of Big Brother and the Holding Company, replaced Casady at bass.