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Fish of Trinidad and Tobago — in the southeastern Lesser Antilles archipelago, off the northeastern South American coast in the Caribbean region. Pages in category "Fish of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Cou-cou and flying fish has become Barbados' national dish. Traditionally, cou-cou is served on Fridays at homes across Barbados and local food establishments. Cou-cou can also be prepared using breadfruit instead of cornmeal. In Trinidad and Tobago, cou-cou (or coo-coo) is often prepared alongside callaloo and either stewed or fried fish.
In Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and Trinidad, this species is an extremely popular food fish. [1] H. littorale is commercially cultured in Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname. It fetched a price of US$8/kg in 2001 and there are local and foreign ethnic markets for the fish. [9] H. littorale is also an aquarium fish.
[2] [3] [4] It is a popular ecotourism attraction where tourists can snorkel and see the coral reefs and schools of fish without diving equipment. [3] [5] [6] The Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Ministry estimates that 90% of its tourists visit the Buccoo Reef while exploring Tobago. [3]
An array of fish and seafood can be bought at local merchants throughout Trinidad and Tobago, such as flying fish, king fish, carite, prawns, sapatay, red fish, shrimp, bonito, lobster, conch and crab, tilapia and seasonal cascadura. Tobagonian food is dominated by a wide selection of seafood dishes, most notably, curried crab and dumplings. [18]
Trinidad and Tobago is home to about 99 species of terrestrial mammals. About 65 of the mammalian species in the islands are bats (including cave roosting, tree and cavity roosting bats and even foliage-tent-making bats; all with widely differing diets from nectar and fruit, to insects, small vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small birds and rodents and even those that consume vertebrate blood).
The blue acara (Andinoacara pulcher) is a colorful freshwater fish in the cichlid family. [2] This fish can be found in various freshwater habitats, ranging from standing water to flowing streams, in Venezuela and Trinidad. [3] They can reach lengths of 16 cm (6.3 in). [3]
It inhabits marine, brackish and freshwaters in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. It dwells at a depth range of 1 to 5 m (3.3 to 16.4 ft). [ 1 ] It reaches a maximum total length of 94.2 cm (37.1 in), while males more commonly reach a TL of 30 cm (12 in) and females reach a TL of 62.5 cm (24. ...