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Bill fish

Species: Tetrapturus spp

Sail fish

Sail fish

Istiophorus platypterus Dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white... Read More

Istiophorus platypterus Dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white underbelly upper jaw elongated in form of spear, first dorsal greatly enlarged in the form of a sail, with black spots. Reach 4-5 feet in single year. View Less

Sword fish

Sword fish

Xiphias gladius Sword like upper jaw, flattened bill. lack scales... Read More

Xiphias gladius Sword like upper jaw, flattened bill. lack scales, teeth and pelvic fins, single keel on each side of body in front of tail, frist dorsal fin high, rigid and short, large eyes. View Less

A long flat, sword like bill and no pelvic fins Pelvic fins absent Large keel present on each side of caudal peduncle Colour dorsal and laterla sides of body balckish-brown Blackish brown fading to ligh-brown below; 1st dorsal find with balckish brown membrance other fins brown or blackish brown. It can grow upto 350cm, highly migratory. It has elongated body, spear shaped snout and long rigid dorsal fin. They are fast swimmers reaching speeds about 80km/hr.

A popular salwate fish found in tropical waters. The moderately lean flesh of the sword fish may be white, orange or pink, but when cooked they all trun the same colour and have the same mild flavour and meaty texture.

Gujarathi - Ghodo / Thad machi
Marathi - Tad masa
Konkani - Tonki
Kannada - Olemeenu
Malayalam - Vall meen
Tamil - Thalapathu / Kadu koppara / Mayil meen
Telugu - kommukonemu
Oriya - Mayur pankhi
Bengali - Mayur pankhi
Lakshadweep Is - Kuthirameen

It has moist & firm meat like texture good for grilling. It has full flavour, Flesh can be ivory to pink. This fish is low in fat and has high amount of omega-3 fatty acids. Bright white or pink meat with bright red bloodline denotes freshness. Thick meaty texture and mildflavor. Perfect for high heat cooking methods such as grilling and brioiling. Sword fish is made for the grill. meat is so firm and well meaty that many non fish eaters will eat sword.

Sword fish not a great candidate for poaching or deep fry. When choosing sword fish, look for little strip of dark meat to red, not brown. If its brown the meat is old

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