Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Konkani names for fish

Hey friends most of us might know only few fish names in our own mother tongue. Hope even you might have gone to fish market and found most of them. I'm a FULL-To Sea food lover!!! Lets check if you can figure-out few of the below names in konkani.
 
Horse mackeral - Hado bangdo

Indian Mackeral - Bangdo

King fish/ King Mackeral – Viswon/ Eson/ Iswaan

 
Cat fish – Sangot
SARDINES ARE OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES:
  • Round bellied sardines - Tarsulo/ tarlo 
  • Railbow sardines - Krishranchi peddi

Hilsa ilisha – Peddi

Long fin cavalla – Koncar
 Gold spoted anchovy - Capsali Mandli


Indian Salmon - Raus/ rams


Reef cod – Gobro
Pearl spot – Kalundar

Whip fin majarra – Shetki

Butter fish – Saudalo
Dhoma / Croakar - Dodyaro (Hodki)

Common pony fish – Khampi

Mangrove red snapper – Tamoshi


Mullet - Shevtali / Shevto
Japanese thread fin bream – Rano

Black Pompret - Sagoti (Kayi) /Halwa

Hilsa species – Vonog


Indian dog shark - Mori
Sole – Lep
 
Kite or Ray fish – Waghole
 Anchovy or silver belly – Velli
Promfret - Pomplet


Lady fish – Mudoshi

Perch – Palu


Rock bream – Haddo

Barracuda - Tonki


Seer fish – Surmai


Black tip shark – Pilo

Bombay duck – Bombil

Ribbon fish – Bale


Silver bar – Korli

Ghol (Jew fish) – Ghol


Giant sea perch – Chonak

Naked head glassy perchlet - Buranto   
 


102 comments:

  1. Good job! Thanks for sharing this information!
    Jai Konkan!

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  2. thanks a ton for this valuable information and it was even more useful since you used pictures..

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  3. good efforts ,thanks
    god bless you

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    1. It was very informative and helpful. Great job!! Thank you

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  5. Appreciate your effort!
    Also there are some more sea foods like nagle kaane, kurlo(crab), Khubbo(sea shells), Sunghat(Yetti)

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  6. Good Job. Can somebody post a picture of "Sanake". Fish. and it's English name please.

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  7. Thanks a lot for this blog. I was searching the net for Indian marine fish images and local names which I got here.

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  8. Thank you very much for providing above information...

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  9. Great....
    Good info....
    Can you update on fish which is called sonaye in konkani

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    1. Butter fish
      It's saundale but toothless fish ladies say saunaye lack of teeth
      Convert dal into nai

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  10. Can I get the English name for kodpi palu?

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  11. much needed knowledge....thank you

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  12. Please tell me about one of shark fish called watu from Chiplun to sangmeshwar dingni we don't know what name in mumbai. Please I want to know. .....khot....from qatar +97466941316.whatsapp.

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    1. Watu is called Hammer shark in English

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    2. Watu/watto is called as common black tip whereas hammerhead shark is called as fiski

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  13. Hi Ms. Padmashree Raikar,
    Great Job...It takes a lot of effort to put together this. Thanks a lot. I say this Fish is one thing which unites Konkanas...from Ratnagiri to Kerala, whatever our caste, creed and religion. Food has united me to my Catholic cousins. ;-))

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  14. Thank you for so much information you have given me big help thanks for this

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  15. Information is to good...😋

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  16. Thanks a lot for being so helpful.

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  17. Very usefull gd job and very easy to understand by images

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  18. What is English name of Dhodi fish

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  19. I am a Sindhi and fish is a deliciously in our community. We go in for pompret most of the time after requesting the fishermean to remove the centre bone. Even the other fish we like is if bones can be removed. Your list is great for general knowledge too. Thank you for providing such an excellent of fish.

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  20. my fish man has a fish called morsow/morcau or something, any idea what that is in English?

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  21. What is Ambur or Hambur called? Any idea? You get it in Dubai I guess.

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  22. Thanks for information but in the name of konkan fish. Fish vendors are selling farm fishes. Very bad. It look nice but tasteless

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    1. Farmed fish that you get in market are only fresh water fish varieties like Indian Basa, Tilapia, Rohu and Carla. No variety of sea fish is still commercially cultivated.
      Contact Catch of the Day 9867690002.

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  23. Whats Lady fish called in konkani?

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    1. It is known as Nogli/Nagli. Checkout my YouTube Channel "Moms Food Diary" for delicious Fish and other recipes.

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    2. Lady fish is known as mudoshi
      Nagli is Northern Whiting

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    3. I believe Lady fish also known as Kaane? Correct me if I’m wrong.

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  24. Need to update other varieties also like singhti, palu, dhona, kings, kolbi, komta etc.

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  25. Thanks this is exactly I was looking for, It will be great if you let us know what Milk Fish is called in Konkani.

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  26. Pls. Let.me know what is basa fish called in konkani

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    1. It’s a type of Sangot from Far East. Basa is Mekong catfish i believe.

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    1. The Nile perch variant in India is a barramundi. It’s called chonaak.

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    1. There are different types. But suppose you are referring to Palu which in English is picnic sea bream

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  29. The one which u have uploaded as 'perch' 'palu' is nt the palu fish

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  30. Trevally is Konkaar in konkani.

    So the is wrong

    Long fin cavalla – Koncar

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  31. Mudoshi picture is not relevant but others were usefull

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  32. Good information ..Good job.

    Can I know what's nogli called

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  33. Thank you, for valuable information,

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  34. What is patashe known as in English?

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  35. What is Sea Bass called in Konkani

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  36. Lot of names and photos are mismatched, like veli and lot other. Plz rectify the mistakes. Thanx

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  37. What is komble called in English

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  38. What is shomdodeo called in konkani?

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  39. Is there a tree-climbing fish? If so what is dhenklo fish in Konkani called in English? Thank you

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  40. What is Xinaane called in English?

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  41. Very nice and accurate list thanks

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  42. What is white snapper called in konkani?

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  43. What is leather jacket fish called in konkani

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  44. I am a goan fishermen son, the information provided by you is good, but unfortunately photos and names doesn't match. Correction required
    Thanks

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  45. Mottya Halah pan fish k marathi bhitar kasa mahnatachi?

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  46. Mottya Halah fish k marathi bhitar kasa mahnatachi?

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  47. Knowledgeble but some photos are not matching with local names.

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  49. thank you for this amazing list. dev bare karo.:)

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  50. What is the English name for the fish called mutri in Konkani

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