Hello,

Sankara meen is not Red snapper.It is Pink perch.However i don't know the tamil equivalent of Red Snapper...

Regards,
Diwakar

Good Effort.Tamil name with photo snaps for fishes. it really helped me to identify the variety of fishes..Thanks a lot

hi friend good work. Include the photos also it would be more usefull.
More over tamil fish names varry from place to place
For example: kanankaathai is also called as ayala, and king fish is called in many names neymeen, vanchiram, cheela etc

I would like to know if fish 'Vangiram' in Tamil is 'King Mackerel' in English. Please go through the link 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_mackerel' and compare the image with what you see and buy in Chennai Fish Market as Vangiram. (It looks exactly the same!)

If the above is true, we need to be vey cautious in consuming Vangiram as it has got large amount of Methylmercury in it which is very much harmful to our children and pregnant women.
Please aloso refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_mackerel#Nutrition_and_processing on the same Wikipedia page for the mercury related information.
Thanks in advance for all the useful information to be posted here on my query.
Regards,
Priya Ranjani

Hi...can someone tell me the Tamil name of CLAMS?I am looking for recipes with clam meat (not clams in shell) and I am not able to search this site because I am not aware of the name in Tamil.I need a yummy clam recipe with just clam meat.Someone please help. :) Thanks.

Many of the viewers wanted to know the tamil name for salmon in India.In Chennai it is known as KAALA MEEN.Please do not mistake it for KOLA FISH.All the best this site is really good.

I'm looking for Kingfish(Vanjaram) in stores for a long time. Does anyone know if any stores in Los Angeles carry them?

vazhthukkal mullai

" Endrum em tamil vazhvathu ummai pondroral thaan "

Mikka nanri, um pani thodara em vazhthukkal

ithai pol matra porulin peyaraum muyartchikkavum

Whats saalai / challai meen in english called?

Mullai, Thanks for every one for sharing your Knowledge. So many tamil names are given for salmon. I believe Saala meen or chala meen may be correct

Thanks everyone who put all these efforts. Its very worthy information for ppl in abroad not knowing the names of the fishes and how to prepare it. thanks a lot again.

Dear Friends,

Kindly let me know the Tamil Names for the Silver Pomfret, Seer Fish and King Fish.

Thanks

hi mullai
really a great work.thanks!, i am in singapore.bcos of not knowing the names of fishes in tamil i used to cook vanjarai and vavval.its going to be a good use to me.

hi mullai...

i want to know the equivalent name for PAAL SURA in english.? can u please help me out...?

Hi Mullai,
I think Tamil Name for salmon is Vanjiram.Please correct me if I am wrong...

GReat work with good translation !

What is Rainbow trout called in tamil?

thanks

Dear Madam,

Since I am pregnant 4 months. The doctor has asked me to eat fishes that has OMEGA 3. So I wanted to know the name of fishes in Tamil which has omega 3

Please help.

Regards,

Sunitha mahendran

A very neat and clean fish shop is opened in Greenways Road, R.A.Puram Chennai. almost all the varieties are available at reasonable rates here. for anyone interested, check out this place guys

Hi Mullai,
My friend told abt me u r site.Fish name in tamil good work.
Thanks.

Hey this was very useful info...we usually buy only tilapia nd cat fish here,but as my parents are coming here i was little upset about wht fish i should by becos my dad love fish but he will nto eat all types of fishes....thanks once again.

what is the Tamil name for Indian Salmon (in Hindi it is called Rawas)

thanks

Best regards

Nagarajan

Hi Mullai,

Can i kno the English name for the fish called " Moula" / "Mawla" ??

Thanks.

It was indeed great to find all our local fish names in English. You are doing a great job. Hats off to Mullai :)

Can anyone tell me where to find Baby Shark fish, I live in Los angeles, and the shark fish i see in 99 ranch market is not baby shark?

thanks

Make a small change. As far as I know 'Tilapia' is 'Valarpu kendai'. You might have seen this Tamilnad in many Govt. Fish tanks. Most common fish available in Coimbatore area, as the city is far from seashore.

hi mullai it is very great service.i wonder every time i watch ur site.could u pls tell me the fish which is having good taste for fry and less/no bones.this is first time i would like to cook fish.

hello mullai,i tried most of ur recipes and all came very good.thanks for ur effort mullai.this fish names in tamil is very useful for us.thanks mullai.

Hi Mullai,

Bought Milk fish last week and it taste like our thuppi vaalai fish(that what we call in Kanyakumari Dist.). It tastes very good after frying it. I wont recommend to make fish curry with this fish. It got small bones all over. But tastes really good. VIJI

Mullai....,great work pa...kept it u.

Rainbow Trout

 The rainbow trout is a species of salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America as well as much of the central, western, eastern, and especially the northern portions of the United States

Red Snapper - Sankara Meen in Tamil. Look what I found this week at my Fish Market, fresh red snapper almost triple the size of our Indian red snapper.

Red Snapper - Sankara Meen

Hai Mullai,
Thank u very much.... U r doing a great job.
It would be helpful if u tell me where can i get fresh Pomfret fish in detroit or a good fish market in detroit...

Lake Whitefish is a freshwater fish, a member of the Trout / Salmon family. These are mostly found in Great lakes region, mainly in Lake Superior, covering Cananda and Michigan.

Lake White Fish ~ Fresh Water Trout

Happened to visit UP in Michigan, grabbed a few fresh catch of these fishes from a local fisherman. Please do try if you get a chance, as this fish is very mild in taste and suits our SouthIndian preparations. They taste similar to our Naaku Meen (Tamil).

can i get the tamil names of swordfish, king mackerel, tilefish, salmon, pollock, and catfish plz?