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| Table 06 (Nat., Creature) | |||
| Important Marine Food Fish in Sri Lanka | |||
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| Species | Common Name | Sinhalese Name | |
| Acanthocybium solandri | Wahoo | Pirimi Thora | |
| Amblygaster clupeoides | Bleekers Smooth Belly | Gal Hurulla | |
| Amblygaster sirm | Trenched Sadine | Hurulla | |
| Auxis thazard | Frigate Tuna | Alagoduwa | |
| Caesio cuning | Redeeli Yellow Tail Fusilier | Panaththaya | |
| Caranx sp. | Travally Jacks | Parawu | |
| Carcharhinus falciformis | Silky Shark | Honda Mora | |
| Carcharhinus longimanus | Orcenic Whitetip | Polkola Mora | |
| Epinephelus faveatus | Barred - Chest Grouper | Pulli Kossa | |
| Euthynnus affinis | Mackerel Tuna | Ata Walla | |
| Gymnura poecilura | Longtail Butterfly Ray | Wali Maduwa | |
| Istiophorus platyperus | Indo Facific Sailfish | Thalapath | |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skip Jack Tuna | Balaya | |
| Lethrinus elongatus | Pigeaace Bream | Uru Mota | |
| Lethrinus nebulosus | Spangled Emperor | Atatissa | |
| Lutjanus argentimaculatus | Red Snapper | Thamralaya | |
| Lutjanus malabaricus | Red Mullet | Gal Maluwa | |
| Makaira indica | Black Marlin | Koppara | |
| Mobula kuhlii | Lesser Devil Ray | Anga Maduwa | |
| Prionace glauca | Blue Shark | Seenie Mora | |
| Pristipomoides sp. | Red Snapper | Lalamiya | |
| Rastrelliger kanagurta | Indian Mackerel | Kumbalawa | |
| Sardinella albella | White Sardinella | Sudaya | |
| Sardinella gibbosa | Goldstrip Sardinella | Salaya | |
| Scomberomorus sp. | Spanish Mackerel Seer | Thora | |
| Selar crumenophthalmus | Bigeye Scad | Boalla | |
| Sphyraena sp. | Barracuda | Seelawa | |
| Thunnus albacares | Yellow Pin Tuna | Kelawalla | |
| Thunnus obesus | Bigeye Tuna | Konda | |
| Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | Sappara | |
| © 2008, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | |||
| Source: | |||
| Statistical Compendium on Natural Resources Management Sri Lanka 2000, | |||
| Ministry of Forestry & Environment | |||
| Revised: 2008(y)/08(m)/10(d) | |||
| Chief Editor: | |||
| Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||
| The Head, Department of Management Studies | |||
| University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | |||