Chakla
Also known as Cobia, Black kingfish, Black King Fish, Butterfish, Black salmon, Ling, Lemonfish, Crabeater, Prodigal son, Black bonito, Modasa, Neimeen, Muddus, Sakala, Sakla, Madusa, Cuddul verarl, Kadal viral, Peddah mottah, Perciform marine fish, [Place of collection: Mumbai, Vizag, Goa, Mandapam and Chennai]. Food group: Marine Fish.
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Chakla in Indian languages
| English | Cobia, Black kingfish, Black King Fish, Butterfish, Black salmon, Ling, Lemonfish, Crabeater, Prodigal son, Black bonito |
| Gujarati | Modasa |
| Malayalam | Neimeen |
| Marathi | Muddus, Sakala, Sakla, Madusa |
| Tamil | Cuddul verarl, Kadal viral |
| Telugu | Peddah mottah |
Regional names as recorded by ICMR-NIN in the Indian Food Composition Tables.
Source for composition: ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017), code P010 — values not reproduced. IFCT's licence does not allow its tables to be republished electronically, so we cite the record instead.
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