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The Hindi and Kumaoni name of mahāsir, mahāser, or mahāsaulā is used for a number of fishes of the group. Several sources of the common name mahseer have been suggested: It has been said to be derived from Sanskrit, while others claim it is derived from Indo-Persian, mahi- fish and sher- tiger or "tiger among fish" in Persian.
In Malaysia, the reason for its other common local name, translated to "The Sultan Fish" is attributed to the claim that the fish was a favorite among royal members and that palace workers would go to markets and call for any fishermen that had the Sultan's fish.
While the species is not currently assigned a conservation status by the IUCN due to lack of data, overfishing is assumed to threaten the wild population. [1] The empurau, as the species is known in Malaysia, is reportedly the most expensive edible fish in the country [6] and has been known to fetch up to RM1800 per kilogram of the fish.
Shoaling skipjack tuna. It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals (up to 50,000 fish, often in combination with other scombridaes), feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and mollusks.
Reported sizes in the literature have ranged as high as 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) in length and 200 kg (440 lb) in weight. The all-tackle International Game Fish Association (IGFA) record for this species stands at 193.68 kg (427.0 lb) for a yellowfin caught in 2012 off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The fisherman received a prize of $1 million once the ...
[11] [12] In Latin America, the fish is known as 'mero'. The species in the tribes Grammistini and Diploprionini secrete a mucus-like toxin in their skin called grammistin , and when they are confined in a restricted space and subjected to stress, the mucus produces a foam that is toxic to nearby fish.
Global capture production of Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [3]Euthynnus affinis, the mackerel tuna, little tuna, eastern little tuna, wavyback skipjack tuna, kawakawa, [4] or tongkol komo is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, or mackerel family.
Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of Channa micropeltes in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [2]. Channa micropeltes, giant snakehead, giant mudfish or toman harimau, is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in length and a weight of 20 kg (44 lb). [3]