Sl.No.

Group

Name of Species

1.

Milk fish (Poomeen)

Chanos Chanos

2.

Mullets (Kanambu)

Mugil cephalus

Mugil dussumieri

Liza tade

L. macrolepis

L.parsia

Mugil cunnesius

3.

Pearl spot (Karimeen)

Etroplus suratensis

4.

Sea bass

Lates calcarifer

5.

Crabs (Njandu)

Scylla serrata,

 S. tranquebarica

6.

Mussels

Perna virids (Green mussel)

Perna indica (Brown mussel)

7.

Oyster

Crassostrea madrasensis

8.

Clams

Meretrix sp.

Katrelysia sp.

Villorita sp.

Paphia sp.