Friday, February 11, 2011

Fish Names in English to Tamil


Shark- Sura Meen

 


Barracuda-Sheela     
 


Whit fish-Kilanga Meen



Red Snapper- Sankara
 



Ribbon fish-Vaalai    



Butter fish,murrel- Viral Meen
 



Crab-Nandu   
 


Cat fish-Kelluthi        
 


Tilapia-Kari / Neyyi  




Seabass-Koduvai Meen
 



Sardines-Mathi Meen
 



Halibut-Potha
 



Eel-Vilongu    
 
Leather skin fish-Theera      
 



Malabar Trevally-Paarai      
 
Yellow Tuna-Keerai
 



Whip tail sting ray – Thirukkai
 



Shrimp / Prawn-Eral
 



Seer / King fish-Vanjaram
 



Squid-Oosi Kanawa  
 



Cuttle-Kanawai
 



Pomfret-Vavval         
 


Anchovies-Nethili
 



Indian Mackerell-Kanagnkelluthi
 


Saw / Gar-Kola Meen           
 



Corp/Murret-Kendai

Manickam
12/02/2011

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for your post. Really helpful for north indian fish lovers.

    Can you please help us with below questions as the fish types are a little different here.

    which is the best fish of all for frying?

    Which fish has the least thorns?

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  2. 1)vanjiram 2)sheela 3)vaaval 4)neyyi in my understanding

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