A team of Indian scientists, including Dr Magada, had visited Vietnam to study murrel farming ... insisted on taking up the breeding and promotion of karimeen, a fish popular in Kerala.

The Telangana government has declared ‘murrel’ as the State fish. ‘Murrel’ (channa striatus) is the seventh State icon identified by the government for different species. The earlier icons ...

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday issued orders declaring Murrel (Channa striatus) as the state fish. Principal secretary of fisheries department Suresh Chanda issued orders to this ...

So is the curry made of Murrel fish (Veral Meen), a freshwater fish, also called Mudfish. But several aqua farmers are no longer keen to grow this particular breed as the feed cost is high.

Dr Manjappa N from the Fisheries Research and Information Centre, Hesaraghatta with a murrel “We have ... on taking up the breeding and promotion of karimeen, a fish popular in Kerala.