What is the zoological name of the fish commonly called "Sear" in south India ?!
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Answers: Here is a picture of a dish cooked from that fish
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The item in the picture is King Mackerel, also known as Indo-Pacific King Mackerel. I believe the zoological name is Scomberomorus cavalla.
King Mackerel is also referred as Nei-Meen in Kerala, Vanjiram in Tamil Nadu.
There are many kinds of mackerel like Spanish Mackerel, Atlantic Mackerel, Horse Mackerel etc. etc. But King Mackerel is a lot different and it tastes different too.
A wild guess - "Searus gastronicaldelitus"!!!!
It looks like swordfish but it is a fish native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. It's very common in China and Korea and simply referred to as searfish or streaked searfish.
Commonly, before Sear fish were commercialized, when after a Sear fish was cooked, it was put in a boat and rowed out to a buck in the water as an offering to the Fish God called FishGod. Thus, due to the fish's history, contemporary zoological researchers decided to call the fish "The Sears and Roebuck fish," but because the name was too long, it was shortened to just Sear fish.
Scomberomorus guttatus.....Seer fish is called nei meen or aikora in kerala and surmai in other parts of India...