Anodontostoma chacunda

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Anodontostoma chacunda
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Anodontostoma chacunda from New Caledonia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Anodontostoma
Species:
A. chacunda
Binomial name
Anodontostoma chacunda
(Hamilton, 1822)

Anodontostoma chacunda or Chacunda gizzard shad is a small species of gizzard shad found in both fresh and marine waters. [1] The fish is from the family Clupeidae. [2]

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Habitat

It is found in Indo-West Pacific area mainly from Persian Gulf to coasts of India and Andaman Sea. it has also been reported from the Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, south to northern Australia, the Caroline Islands and New Caledonia. [3] [4]

Description

Individuals reach up to a size of 22 cm, with an average size of 14 cm . [5]

Ecology

Anodontostoma chacunda usually dwell in marine environment mainly in coastal area, at times they venture into rivers and estuaries. [6]

Fisheries

Chacunda gizzard shad is captured commercially and sold fresh or frozen, dried or dried-salted.

Used as food

In Thailand, this species of shad is widely used for cooking. In Chonburi Province, the eastern region is adjacent to the Bay of Bangkok (upper Gulf of Thailand), it's better known by the vernacular as pla khok (ปลาค่ก, pronounced [plāː kʰôːk] ). It is usually boiled and salted with pickled vegetables, this is a menu that has been influenced by Teochew cuisine. [7]

At the Songkhla Lake Basin, its roes are rounded with herbs and fried in hot oil on a flat pan. It is a local food that can only be found in Phatthalung Province. [8]

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References

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  2. Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
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