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Meen fish (mathi)

Dussumieria acuta

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

The best place to dry fish near a fishing village (kuppam) may be on the road.

Habitat:

On paths all around the coast of India.

Notes:

The road is sterilised by painting it with tumeric first thus the underlying yellow tint. The larger fish go to market. Most of this catch look like sardines.

They look like a shoal that has stranded itself on the road.

Reference Links:

Sardine, Dimensions of a Sardine | Dimensions Guide

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Arun
Ya such a delicious and a low price fish ..Thank you Argybee .. !!!
Mark Ridgway
Great! Thank you so much Arun. I forgot to ask the fisher people what name of meen they were.
Arun
This one is Sardine fish and the local names are Mathi,Chaala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine#India

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Tamil Nadu Biodiversity
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2012

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