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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. It is situated in the middle of Indian Ocean. Because of being an island, Sri Lanka has many endemic freshwater fauna, as well as thousands of marine and brackish water fauna. [1] Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community.
Apolemichthys xanthurus was first formally described in 1950 as Holacanthus xanthotis by the British naturalist Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) with the type locality given as Sri Lanka. [5] Its specific name xanthurus means "yellow tail" and refers to the yellow tail which also gives this species one of its common names. [6]
The town is famous for various agricultural products like rice. Menikdiwela is also the hometown of Sirasa Superstar first season second Runner-up Amila Perera and J. R. Jayawardane's official secretariat W. M. P. B. Menikdiwela.
4 oz sushi-grade yellowtail (hamachi), cut into 6 slices; 1 juice from lime; salt, to taste; 3 tbsp fried plantain threads; 1 / 2 tsp chiffonade;
Udawattakele Forest Reserve often spelled as Udawatta Kele, is a historic forest reserve on a hill-ridge in the city of Kandy.It is 104 hectares (257 acres) large. During the days of the Kandyan kingdom, Udawattakele was known as "Uda Wasala Watta" in Sinhalese meaning "the garden above the royal palace".
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors. [1] It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest river in Sri Lanka). [2] It is renowned for its collection of orchids.
The Japanese amberjack or yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, is a species of jack fish in the family Carangidae, native to the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is known as shiyu ( 鰤魚 ) in China , bang'eo ( 방어 ) in Korea , and buri ( 鰤 ) or hamachi ( 魬 ) in Japan .
Kandy (Sinhala: මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced ⓘ [mahanuʋərə]; Tamil: கண்டி Kandy, pronounced ⓘ) is a major city located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy . [ 1 ]