Dorab wolf-herring
Dorab wolf-herring
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Chirocentridae
Genus: Chirocentrus
Species:
C. dorab
Binomial name
Chirocentrus dorab
(Forsskål, 1775)

The dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab) is a fish species from the genus Chirocentrus of the family Chirocentridae.[1] It is a coastal fish, silvery below and bright blue above. It is found in both marine and brackish or estuarine waters, feeding on smaller fish and possibly crustaceans.[2] Chirocentrus is from the Greek cheir meaning hand and kentron meaning sting. Dorab is from the Arabic language word darrab (ضرّاب) and the word is probably a corrupted form of durubb (دُرُبّ) the name for goldfish in Arabic.[3] It has another Arabic name, lisan (لسان) [3] which means tongue.

Sinhala name - කටුවල්ලා(katuwalla)

Description

Dorab wolf-herring head

Dorab wolf-herring have slender, elongated bodies. They are commonly about 3–120 centimetres (1.2–47.2 in) in length and weigh 170–1,200 grams (0.37–2.65 lb).[4]

Range

The dorab wolf-herring is found in the Indo-Pacific, probably throughout the warmer coastal waters, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Recently reported from Tonga.[2]

Fisheries

The dorab wolf-herring is a commercial species which is sold fresh, dried, salted or frozen. It is also a game fish.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Chirocentrus dorab". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Chirocentrus dorab" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. 1 2 An Arabic Zoological Dictionary by Amin Malouf MD. 1985 edition page 86 (Dar Al Rayid Al Arabi)
  4. ↑ Herring, M (2011). "Chirocentrus dorab". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
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