  Texture specific fermion mass matrices have played an important role in
understanding several features of fermion masses and mixings. In the present
work, we have given an overview of all possible cases of Fritzsch-like as well
as non Fritzsch-like texture 6 and 5 zero fermion mass matrices. Further, for
the case of texture 4 zero Fritzsch-like quark mass matrices, the issue of the
hierarchy of the elements of the mass matrices and the role of their phases
have been discussed. Furthermore, the case of texture 4 zero Fritzsch-like
lepton mass matrices has also been discussed with an emphasis on the hierarchy
of neutrino masses for both Majorana and Dirac neutrinos.
