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Occurs mainly in large lakes and rivers, though occasionally enters brackish water in the Baltic and Black Seas (Ref. 9988). Found in deep waters of dams constructed on the lower reaches of rivers (Ref. 9696). Known to feed at night on ducks, voles, crayfish and small fishes. Spawns in the salt water of the Aral Sea (at Kulandy) (Ref. 1441). Marketed fresh, canned and frozen; can be pan-fried and baked (Ref. 9988).
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Paramonacanthus choirocephalus (Bleeker, 1852)
Pig faced leather jacket |
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Anacanthus barbatus Gray, 1830
Bearded leatherjacket |
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Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Cobia |
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Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
Chocolate hind |
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Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lönnberg, 1907)
Pangani robber |