Shelavu

Also known as Pickhandle barracuda, Banded Barracuda, Sea Pike, Bhungar, Kandai, Cheelahoo, Ghalse, Badvi, Jaban-tal, Badri, Jellow, [Place of collection: Chennai, Goa, Vizag and Kochi]. Food group: Marine Fish.

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Shelavu in Indian languages

EnglishPickhandle barracuda, Banded Barracuda, Sea Pike
GujaratiBhungar
KannadaKandai
MalayalamCheelahoo
MarathiGhalse, Badvi, Jaban-tal, Badri
TeluguJellow

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 P075 — 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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