Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

The barramundi or Asian seabass is a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from the Persian Gulf, through Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. Known in Thai language as "pla kapong", it is very popular in Thai cuisine. It is known as "koduva" in the Tamil language, "kalaanji" in Malayalam language, "pandugappa" in the Telugu language in India, "bhetki" in the Bengali language in eastern India and Bangladesh and "chonak" in the Konkani language in Goa in western India.