Friday, February 1, 2008

IKAN TERUBOK SARAWAK




The only species of Terubok Sarawak “Tenualosa Toli” that can be found in this world is in the rivers of Sarawak. It is a river fish and the best ones are from the rivers of Sebuyau. The fish has 2 gendre, male & female, during the 1st year it will become a male and thereafter the 2nd year it will transformed into a female and will lay eggs. The best species are from the Sarawak rivers (Tenualosa Toli), to recognise this species among the rest of the imported teruboks, you can see that it's mouth will be longer but the head is smaller, the body will be wider but short and the scales are silvery bluish in color. Best prepared is either grilled or salted.

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