Saltwater Fish

Striped Grunter (Terapon Jarbau)

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Species: Grunters (Terapontidae) Other names: Crescent-banded Perch, Crescent-Banded Tigerfish, Crescent Bass, Tiger Grunt, Tiger Perch, Tiger Bass, Three-stripe Grunter, Three-striped Perch, Three-striped Tigerfish, Three-striped Grunter, Three-striped Perch, Three-striped Tigerfish. Local names: Kerong-kerong Like the Gelama or all grunters, this fish makes a grunting noise when taken out of the water. What I remember most about […]

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Talang QUEENFISH

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The Queenfish or ‘queenie‘ is a popular gamefish found throughout the tropical waters. They are a powerful fish and is a great light-tackle sport fish – frequently entertaining with acrobatic leaps in their efforts to throw the hook. Locally known as Ikan Talang, the Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus) is the largest of 4 species of queenfish

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Diamond Trevally, Ebek

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Diamond Trevally, Indian Threadfin Trevally (Alectis indicus)Local name: Ebek Biology & fishery Often confused with the Treadfin Trevally (Alectis Ciliaris), juvenile Diamond Trevally have very elongate trailing filamentous fins from the dorsal and anal fins. These fins become shorter and finally disappearing at adult stage. An interesting observation is that it is thought the purpose

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Longfin Trevally (Sagai)

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Scientific name: Carangoides armatusLocal names: Ikan Sagai, Cermin, Rambai, Cupak, Demudok Putih Close resemblance to the Longrakered Trevally (Ulua mentalis) Description Large eyes with a small rudimentary adipose eyelid in upper corner. Pelvic fin, jugular and elongated in young. 5 dorsal rays and 5 anal rays, filamentous in young specimen, shorter in adults. Lateral line

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Lizardfish

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Here’s a fish with an attitute! The lizardfish are found in tropical and subtropical marine waters throughout the world. Family: Synodus Lizardfish is generally a small fish, although the largest species are said to grow to about 60 cm (24 in) long. Like the snakehead that got its name from the way the head (duh!) resemble

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Enter the Toadfish

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On a recent fishing trip to the west coast, a couple of not-so-pretty looking fish was hooked and landed. Normally we are quite keen to ID unfamiliar species caught but these fellows were just plain ugly. Some wondered if they were edible and that thought was kind of hard to swallow to the rest of

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