Fresh Fish #900914

Inhabits coastal waters and often comes near the surface at night. They feed on a variety of small fishes and crustaceans. It is caught mainly with shore seines, bagnets and coastal bottom trawls in Asian countries. Ribbon fish is marketed fresh, frozen and iced as well as dried salted in some countries.

The black pomfret, Parastromateus niger, is a species of carangid native to reefs of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to 75 cm (30 in) in total length and is very important to local commercial fisheries. The Black Pomfret is known as the cheaper cousin of the usual Silver Pomfret because of its slightly more fishy taste smell.

It occurs in the coastal waters to about 60 m in depth. Males can grow to a larger size than females. It feeds on worms, crustaceans, mussels, cephalopods and fishes. It is available as Whole or Headless and Gutless.

Sardine or Indian Oil Sardine, as it is commonly known, is one of the two most important commercial fishes in India and Pakistan. The Indian Oil Sardine is one of the more regionally limited species of Sardinella and can be found in the northern regions of the Indian Ocean. These fish feed on phytoplankton (diatoma), zooplankton (copepods).