Barracudas, carangids, tuna, groupers, large napoleon fish, hunchback parrot fish, turtles, sea snakes, reef sharks, eagle rays, mobulas, all are frequent encounters in the cruises in this area.
Eagle rays, manta rays, sharks, barracudas and carangids can easily be seen in the blue.
Some of the common groups include acanthurids, balistids, carangids, hemiramphids, lethrinids, lutjanids, mullids and siganids.
Among these fishes the carangids and the ribbon fishes could be effectively utilised for surimi production in our country.
The outer shelf assemblage was primarily composed of oceanic pelagic taxa, such as carangids and scombrids, and mesopelagic taxa.
