Moon fish

Also known as Moonfish, Vaniani, Hakkimeen, Ambattan parah, Ambutan parah, Amattikatti, Perch fish, [Place of collection: Mumbai]. Food group: Marine Fish.

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Moon fish in Indian languages

EnglishMoonfish
GujaratiVaniani
KannadaHakkimeen
MalayalamAmbattan parah
TamilAmbutan parah, Amattikatti

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 P038 — 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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