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The Important species and their species Identification can be searched in the following links also for taxonomic literature.<\/p>

http:\/\/www.cmfri.org.in\/fished-taxa-listing<\/a><\/p>

http:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/index.php<\/a><\/p>

http:\/\/www.sealifebase.org\/<\/a><\/p>

https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.in\/<\/a><\/p>

https:\/\/bayofbengalbiota.wglafond.com<\/a><\/p>

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Sl. No.<\/th>Local Name<\/th>Scientific Name<\/th>Peak Season<\/th>Distribution<\/th>Areas of Abundance<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>White Prawn<\/td>Penaeus indicus<\/td>Through out the year except monsoon season<\/td>Entire West Coast and South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Tiger Prawn<\/td>Penaeus Mondon<\/td>November to May<\/td>East Coast and South-West Coasts of India<\/td>West Bengal and Odisha Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Flower Prawn<\/td>Penaeus semisulcatus<\/td>October to February<\/td>East & West Coast of India<\/td>Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & Gujarat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Pink Shrimp<\/td>Metapenaeus dobsoni<\/td>July to October<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Brown Shrimp<\/td>Metapenaeus monoceros<\/td>November to May<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Coasts of Andhra Pradesh & Odisha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>King Prawn<\/td>Metapenaeus affinis<\/td>November to May<\/td>Throughout the West Coast and certain parts of East Coast<\/td>Maharashtra & Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Marine Shrimp (Karikadi)<\/td>Paraenaeopsis stylifera<\/td>May to September<\/td>Both the Coasts but more in South-West Coast<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Jawala<\/td>Acetes indicus<\/td>September to March<\/td>North-West and North East Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra, Gujarat and Coasts of Andaman & Nicobar Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Scampi<\/td>Macrobrachium rosenbergii<\/td>September to November and May to July<\/td>In fresh and brackish waters along both Coasts<\/td>Lakes of West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Deep sea Shrimp<\/td>Solenocera sp.<\/td>February to May<\/td>Both East - West Coasts<\/td>South - West Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Sand Lobster<\/td>Thenus orientails<\/td>Through out the year particularly from December to January<\/td>West & South Coasts of India<\/td>Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & Odisha Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Rock Lobster<\/td>Panulirus ployhagus<\/td>Through out the year particularly from December to January<\/td>West & South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Rock Lobster<\/td>Panulirus homarus<\/td>Through out the year particularly from December to January<\/td>West & South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Rock Lobster<\/td>Panulirus orantus<\/td>Through out the year particularly from December to January<\/td>West & South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Deep Sea lobster<\/td>Puerulus sewlii<\/td>Through out the year particularly from December to January<\/td>South-East and South-West Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Mud Crab<\/td>Scylla serrata<\/td>July to October<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Odisha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Sea Crab<\/td>Portunus sanguinolentus<\/td>July to December<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Off the Coasts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Sea Crab<\/td>Portunus pelagicus<\/td>July to December<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Off the Coasts of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Sea Crab<\/td>Charybdis cruciata<\/td>July to December<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Off the Coast of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Cuttle Fish<\/td>Sepia sp.<\/td>September to January<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu and Coasts of Maharashtra & Kerala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>Squid<\/td>Loligo duvaucelii<\/td>January to March<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>Squid<\/td>Doryteuthis sibogae<\/td>April to May & August to September<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>Octopus<\/td>Octopus sp.<\/td>September to January<\/td>West & East Coast of India & off Lakshadweep<\/td>Off Lakshadweep Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Green Mussel<\/td>Perna viridis<\/td>July to November<\/td>East & West Coast of India and Port Blair<\/td>Coasts of Kerala, Karnataka, Ratnagiri, Gulf of Kutch and Kakinada Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>Clam<\/td>Meretrix meretrix<\/td>July to November<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Along the Coasts of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Kakinada Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>Clam<\/td>Vellorita cyprinoides<\/td>July to November<\/td>West Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala, Karnataka, Goa Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>Clam<\/td>Katelysia opima<\/td>July to November<\/td>West and South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Coasts of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>Blood Clam<\/td>Anadara granosa<\/td>July to October<\/td>South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Kakinada Bay in Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>Oyster<\/td>Crassostrea madrasensis<\/td>August to February<\/td>South-West and South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>Pearl Oyster<\/td>Pinctada sp.<\/td>Throughout the year except monsoon season<\/td>South-East Coast of Inda<\/td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>Whelk<\/td>Babylonia canaliculate<\/td>Throughout the year\u00a0<\/td>East Coast\u00a0<\/td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>Gaint African Snail<\/td>Achatina fulica<\/td>Post-monsoon period(june to october)<\/td>Andaman & Nicobar Islands<\/td>Andaman & Nicobar Islands & West Bengal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>Indian Dog Shark<\/td>Scoliodon laticaudus<\/td>September to April<\/td>West & South Coasts of India<\/td>Gujarat and Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>White cheeked shark<\/td>Carcharhinus dussumieri<\/td>September to April<\/td>West and South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Gujarat and Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>Black tip shark<\/td>Eulamia spallanzani<\/td>Throughout the year particularly from September to April<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Coasts of Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>Hammer Head shark<\/td>Shyrna zygaena<\/td>January to May<\/td>South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Port Novo (Tamil Nadu Coast)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>Guitar fish<\/td>Rhincobatus djeddensis<\/td>December to May<\/td>South-East Coasts of Inda<\/td>Tamil Nadu Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>Whip Tail sting ray<\/td>Himantura bleekeri<\/td>December to May<\/td>East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>Javanese cow ray<\/td>Rhinoptera javanica<\/td>January to May<\/td>South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Cape Comorin (Tamil Nadu Coast)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>Silver pomfret<\/td>Pampus argenteus<\/td>September to January<\/td>North, Middle-West and North-East Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>Chinese pomfret<\/td>Pampus chinensis<\/td>August to December and March<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra and Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>Black pomfret<\/td>Parastromateus niger<\/td>August to December<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Maharashtra & Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>Indian mackerel<\/td>Rastrelliger kanagurta<\/td>August to November<\/td>South, Middle-west and South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Karnataka & Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>Seer fish (Spanish mackeral)<\/td>Scomberomorus commerson<\/td>October to December<\/td>West and East Coasts of India<\/td>Coasts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>Seer fish (Streaked Spanish mackeral)<\/td>Scomberomorus lineolatus<\/td>October to December<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td>Maharashtra & Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>Seer fish (Spotted spanish mackeral)<\/td>Scomberomorus guttatus<\/td>October to December<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala\u00a0 & Andamans Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>Black king fish<\/td>Rachycentron canadus<\/td>All around the year<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu and Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>Little tunny<\/td>Euthynnus affinis<\/td>October to May<\/td>South-West Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala, Lakshadweep and Andaman Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>Yellowfin Tuna<\/td>Thunnus albacares<\/td>October to January<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Lakshadweep, Andamans, Gulf of Mannar and Ratnagiri Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>Big eye tuna<\/td>Thunnus obesus<\/td>Throughout the year particularly from October to January<\/td>South-West and East coaswts of India & Lakshadweep<\/td>Lakshadweep Islands, Gulf of Mannar, Vizhinjam, Ratnagiri Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>Skipjack tuna<\/td>Katsuwonus pelamis<\/td>October to May<\/td>Off West and East Coasts of India<\/td>Andamans & Lakshadweep Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>Oriental Bonito<\/td>Sarda orientails<\/td>April to May & July to August<\/td>East Coasts of India<\/td>South West Coast of India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>Snapper<\/td>Lutjanus sp.<\/td>September to January<\/td>West and East Coasts of India<\/td>Malabar Coast of Kerala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>Snapper<\/td>Lutjanus sp.<\/td>September to January<\/td>South-West & South East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>Blood red snapper<\/td>Lutjanus sanguineus<\/td>September to December<\/td>South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>Black spot snapper<\/td>Lutjanus fulviflamus<\/td>September to January<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>Emporer red snapper<\/td>Lutjanus sebae<\/td>September to January<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>Tiger Perch<\/td>Terapon jarbua<\/td>September to January<\/td>Indo west Pacific<\/td>All along the Coast of India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>Reef cod<\/td>Epinephelus sp.<\/td>August to December<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Off Kerala Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>Malabar Reef cod<\/td>Epinephelus malabaricus<\/td>August to December<\/td>South-East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>Reef cod<\/td>Epinephelus sp.<\/td>August to December<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>Areolated cod<\/td>Epinephelus sp.<\/td>August to December\u00a0<\/td>South-East Coast of Inda<\/td>Tamil Nadu Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>Croaker<\/td>Johnius sp.<\/td>October to May<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra & Gulf of Mannar Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>Croaker<\/td>Johnius sp.<\/td>October to March<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>Croaker<\/td>Atrobucca nibe<\/td>October to March<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>Croaker<\/td>Sciaena aneus<\/td>October to March<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>Blotched croaker<\/td>Nibea maculata<\/td>October to March<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>Tiger toothed croaker<\/td>Otolithes ruber<\/td>October to March<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>Drab croaker<\/td>Johnieops volgeri<\/td>October to March<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>Ghol<\/td>Protonibea diacanthus<\/td>August to March<\/td>North-West Coasts of India<\/td>Gujarat and Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>Scad<\/td>Alepes mate<\/td>January to June & Sept. to Nov.<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andamans Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>Horse mackeral<\/td>Megalapsis cordyla<\/td>September to November<\/td>South-East Coast and West Coast of India<\/td>Kerala and Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>Leather skin<\/td>Scomberoides Iysan<\/td>September to January<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>Malabar Trevally<\/td>Carangoides malabaricus<\/td>October to February<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Kerala Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>Trevally\/Parava<\/td>Lactarius lactarius<\/td>October to February<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>Black banded trevally<\/td>Seriolina nigrofasciata<\/td>Throughout the year<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>Ribbon Fish<\/td>Lepturacanthus savala<\/td>July to April<\/td>East & West Coasts of India<\/td>Andhra, Tamil Nadu,Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>Ribbon Fish<\/td>Trichiurus lepturus<\/td>July to April<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>Cat fish<\/td>Arius maculatus<\/td>September to March<\/td>West Coasts of India<\/td>Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>Gaint Marine cat fish<\/td>Arius thalassinus<\/td>March to June and September to October<\/td>East & West Coast of India<\/td>Maharashra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>Indian oil sardine<\/td>Sardinella longiceps<\/td>August to December<\/td>South-West Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>Deep Bodied sardinella<\/td>Sardinella brachysoma<\/td>August to December<\/td>South-West Coasts of India<\/td>Kerala & Karnataka Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>Hilsa ilisha<\/td>Tenulosa ilisha<\/td>August to December and February to May<\/td>North-West and North East Coasts of India<\/td>Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>Commerson's Anchovy<\/td>Anchoviella commersoni<\/td>October to April<\/td>East & West Coast of India<\/td>Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>Indian Halibut<\/td>Psettodes erumei<\/td>July to september<\/td>East & West Coast of India<\/td>Maharashra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>Sole<\/td>Cynogossus macrolepidotus<\/td>July to september<\/td>West & East Coasts of India<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>Sole<\/td>Paraplagusia bilineata<\/td>September to March<\/td>West & East Coast of India<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>Barracuda (Gaint sea pike)<\/td>Sphyraena jello<\/td>September to March<\/td>East & West Coast of India<\/td>Kerala & Tamil Nadu Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>Indian goat fish<\/td>Parupeneus indicus<\/td>August to February<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>Dark band goat fish<\/td>Upeneus tragula<\/td>August to February<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>Indian salmon<\/td>Polynemus tetradactylum<\/td>September to December<\/td>North-East and North West Coasts of India<\/td>West Bengal, Gujarat and Odisha Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>Bombay Duck<\/td>Harpodon nehereus<\/td>September to June<\/td>North-West Coast of India<\/td>Maharashtra & Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>Sea bass<\/td>Lates calcarifer<\/td>August to February<\/td>Coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons entering brackish water<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>Tilapia<\/td>Tilapia mossambica<\/td>August to February<\/td>Fresh and brackish waters<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>Long spine sea-bream<\/td>Argyrops spinifer<\/td>August to February<\/td>East and West Coasts of India<\/td>Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>Japanese Thread fin bream<\/td>Nemipterus japonicus\u00a0<\/td>August to February<\/td>East and West Coasts of India<\/td>Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>Emporer Bream<\/td>Lithrinus fraenatus<\/td>Throughout the year<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Gulf of Mannar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>Spade fish<\/td>Ephippus orbis<\/td>August to January<\/td>East and West Coasts of India<\/td>Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>Pearl spot<\/td>Etroplus suratensis<\/td>\u00a0May to November<\/td>An estuarine form found along the south-west and Odisha Coasts<\/td>Lakes of Kerala & Karnataka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>Grey Mullet<\/td>Mugil cephalus<\/td>August to February<\/td>East & West Coast of India\u00a0<\/td>South west Coast , North East Coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>Blue spot grey mullet<\/td>Valamugil seheli<\/td>August to February<\/td>East and West Coasts of India<\/td>South-West Coasts, Vembanad lake and North-East Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>Milk fish<\/td>Chanos chanos<\/td>August to December<\/td>Coastal waters including lagoons<\/td>Gulf of Mannar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>Dusky-finned bulleye<\/td>Priacanthus hamrur<\/td>August to December<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Andhra Pradesh, tamil Nadu and Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>Silver sillago<\/td>Sillago sihama<\/td>May to December<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu & Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>Lizard fish<\/td>Saurida undosquamis<\/td>Throughout the year<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Gulf of Mannar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>Indian conger eel<\/td>Conger cinereus<\/td>January to July<\/td>East and West Coasts of India<\/td>Gujarat and Maharashtra Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>Fresh water eel<\/td>Anguilla bicolor<\/td>September to November and April to May<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Gangatic estuaries, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>Fresh water catfish<\/td>Silurus wynadensis<\/td>August to February<\/td>Western ghats\u00a0<\/td>Waynad, Bhavani river system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>Silver carp<\/td>Hypothalmichthys molitrix<\/td><\/td>Fresh water fishery<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>Parrot fish<\/td>Scarus russelli<\/td>Throughout the year<\/td>East Coast of India<\/td>Gulf of Mannar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>Catla<\/td>Hamilton (Catla Catla)<\/td>All season<\/td>East Coast, West Coast and Fresh Water bodies of India<\/td>South West Coast of India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>Jelly fish<\/td>Rhopilema sp.<\/td>March to June<\/td>West and East Coasts of India<\/td>Tamil Nadu and Kerala Coasts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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