Pambada
Also known as Savalai hairtail, Small head hairtail, Small Headed Hairtail, Small Headed Ribbon Fish, Small headed Ribbonfish, Silver Ribbon Fish, Hair Tail, Ribbon Fish, Patti, Pambole, Bale, Vellasavala, Thalayan, Vellathalayan, Karupputhalayan, Karuppusavala, Vellithalayan, Baia, Wagti, Bala, Chavalai, Karthigaivalai, Savalai, Mattachavalai, Olavalai, Nadippussavallu, Peddasavallu, Yellasavallu, Savala, Kothisavallu, Snapper, [Place of collection: Chennai and Kochi]. Food group: Marine Fish.
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Pambada in Indian languages
| English | Savalai hairtail, Small head hairtail, Small Headed Hairtail, Small Headed Ribbon Fish, Small headed Ribbonfish, Silver Ribbon Fish, Hair Tail, Ribbon Fish |
| Gujarati | Patti |
| Kannada | Pambole |
| Konkani | Bale |
| Malayalam | Vellasavala, Thalayan, Vellathalayan, Karupputhalayan, Karuppusavala, Vellithalayan |
| Marathi | Baia, Wagti, Bala |
| Tamil | Chavalai, Karthigaivalai, Savalai, Mattachavalai, Olavalai |
| Telugu | Nadippussavallu, Peddasavallu, Yellasavallu, Savala, Kothisavallu |
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 P047 — 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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