Dorab Wolf Herring
Chirocentrus dorab
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The dorab wolf-herring is a fish species from the genus Chirocentrus of the family Chirocentridae. It is a coastal fish, silvery below and bright blue above. It is found in both marine and brackish or estuarine waters, where it primarily feeds on smaller fish and possibly crustaceans. The genus name Chirocentrus is from the Greek cheir meaning hand and kentron meaning sting. Dorab is from the Arabic language word darrab (ضرّاب), probably a corrupted form of durubb (دُرُبّ), a name for goldfish in Arabic. It has another Arabic name, lisan (لسان), which means tongue. In Sinhala, it is known as කටුවල්ලා (katuwalla).
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Chirocentridae
- Genus
- Chirocentrus