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Fried and crumbled, the fish preparation called Bombay duck became a popular condiment in Anglo-Indian cookery. [3] An 1829 book of poems and "Indian reminiscences" published under the pseudonym "Sir Toby Rendrag" notes the "use of a fish nick-named 'Bombay Duck'" [4] and the phrase is used in texts as early as 1815. [5]
Merlion – A creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Nure-onna – A creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. Tam Đầu Cửu Vĩ or Ông Lốt - is a divine beast with 3 human heads and a 9-tailed snake body, the mount of the god Ông Hoàng Bơ in Đạo Mẫu in Vietnamese folk religion.
The gadwall was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [3] DNA studies have shown that it is a sister species with the falcated duck; the two are closely related to the three species of wigeons, and all of them have been assigned to the genus Mareca.
Duck rice – a traditional Singaporean dish made of braised or roast duck and white rice; Duck Bamboo Curry – a traditional dish of Sylhet region in Bangladesh; Duck Bhuna - a popular food in Bangladesh and have several variants. Some of them are cooked with coconut milk, and some use Chui Jhal to cook this item. It is served with rice or Roti.
The common goldeneye or simply goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Its closest relative is the similar Barrow's goldeneye . [ 2 ] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek boukephalos ("bullheaded", from bous , "bull " and kephale , "head"), a reference to the bulbous head ...
This is a list of fish with common names that are based on the names of other animals. The names listed here may refer to single species, broader taxa (genera, families), or assortments of types. Where names are ambiguous, the various meanings should be listed here.
Anatids are generally herbivorous as adults, feeding on various water-plants, although some species also eat fish, molluscs, or aquatic arthropods. One group, the mergansers, are primarily piscivorous, and have serrated bills to help them catch fish. In a number of species, the young include a high proportion of invertebrates in their diets ...
Common species of fish and shellfish used for food [4]; Mild flavour Moderate flavour Full flavour Delicate texture Basa, flounder, hake, scup, smelt, rainbow trout, hardshell clam, blue crab, peekytoe crab, spanner crab, cuttlefish, eastern oyster, Pacific oyster