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Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish.It can be contrasted with fish physiology, which is the study of how the component parts of fish function together in the living fish. [1]
Pekasam fish fermentation technique is widely distributed in Malay Archipelago; more precisely in Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, and Borneo.. Pekasam or Bekasam is widely distributed in Indonesia, especially in Gayo highlands in Aceh, [4] Riau, [5] South Sumatra, [6] Kapuas Hulu in West Kalimantan, [7] Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, and Cirebon in West Java.
The type of fish used to make otak-otak might vary: mackerel is commonly used in Malaysia, while ikan tenggiri is popular ingredient in Indonesia. Other types of fish such as bandeng and the more expensive ikan belida (featherback fish) might be used. [6]
In 1993, Pangasius was one of two extant genera (along with Helicophagus) in the family Pangasiidae.At this point, it was split into four subgenera. Pangasius (Pangasianodon) included P. gigas and P. hypophthalmus and was diagnosed by the absence of mandibular barbels, the absence of teeth in adults and the presence of a single-lobed swimbladder.
At least five extinct genera, known only from fossils, are classified as osteoglossids; these date back at least as far as the Late Cretaceous.Other fossils from as far back as the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous are widely considered to belong to the arowana superorder Osteoglossomorpha.
Teleostei (/ ˌ t ɛ l i ˈ ɒ s t i aɪ /; Greek teleios "complete" + osteon "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts (/ ˈ t ɛ l i ɒ s t s, ˈ t iː l i-/), [4] is, by far, the largest group of ray-finned fishes (class Actinopterygii), [a] with 96% of all extant species of fish.
The Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) comprises several phenotypic varieties of freshwater fish distributed geographically across Southeast Asia. [3] While most consider the different varieties to belong to a single species, [4] [5] [6] [3] [7] work by Pouyaud et al. (2003) [8] differentiates these varieties into multiple species.
The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands.