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1. Hmm, I don't think I am in the position to answer your question about the "Chicken Fish". I haven't heard of it before. Hopefully someone who is more expert would saw this & answer this. I am curious about this as well.

2. Haha. That is the wrong fish that i bought before, the Ikan Kuning. I thought it was just a small Ikan Selar.

3. Ah yes. The threadfin. Elders like to say feed this to your wife if she don't have enough milk for the newborn baby. lol . also good as baby first solid food. I wonder if there is any research about it mercury level.

4. Woot. another excuse for me when my friends ask me to belanja them eat grouper instead of just telling them no money.

SO, do you know anything about the other fish species which the Malay say it is Chicken fish?

My question:
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https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhoto...ersekutuan.html
The links above show the photo of the fish sold at Jalan Alor.

When I try to search about the fish, I found that the fish is called Unicorn Leatherjacket in English, Ikan Barat-barat in Malay and Keh Hu in Hokkien. And the image results based on using the information above are definitely showing the same fish. However, when I search using the terms "Chicken Fish", I found some fish image that definitely not Ikan Barat-barat/Unicorn Leatherjacket, instead it is another type of fish called Starry triggerfish and Ikan Jebong/Ayam Laut in Malay. Most of the search results are from Malay blog and as such, saying that Starry triggerfish is the "Chicken Fish".

http://sharingthotsandluv.blogspot.my/2013...asam-manis.html
One of the blog that write about Starry triggerfish/Ikan Jebong.

My question is which is the real identity of "Chicken Fish" in Malaysia. Note that when i say in Malaysia because there is another Chicken fish from Vanuatu near Solomon Islands called poulet fish.

Or is it both consider as the Chicken fish? Just like how the Chinese identify both freshwater catfish and marine/saltwater catfish as Tong Sat (Cantonese)?

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Agree that there are a lot of restaurant selling river fish at Lenggong, Perak.
I am no expert about the price. The Soon Hock at Lenggong are cheaper? hmm. farmed, maybe? Still, gonna plan my next trip to Lenggong, Perak. Dun care if it is farmed. 

Tengalan fish is one of the fish that I never try before and dunno about it Chinese name.

Pak Sou Gong is Ikan Baung. (You can read my previous LONG post about freshwater fish )

Ikan Kelah.. Is it Kelah Merah? Its scale a bit reddish brown. Or is it yellowish brown? Cause the yellowish one is Empurau and i dun think it drop till rm220 for 1kg ONLY, not even farmed one. If it does, look like I need to go Lenggong for few days. hahaha.

hmm.. do you know the exact Mandarin words for it? I am a Banana but I can copy paste and listen to those words via Google translate.

Just finish eating at chat sook here. River tilapia is rm45 per kg n bak so kung at rm55 per kg. Will be back again next time 😁