Malta squid fishing

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hi ciappinu,



i was curious to find some pictures of vopi and I think I found some:





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while searching for a picture of a vopi i found a list of translations of maltese squid and fish that I thought was useful. This was from the maltese fisheries website <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />





[url="http://www.maltafisheries.gov.mt"]http://www.maltafisheries.gov.mt[/url]





Annex 1. List of species





<table border="1">



<tr>

<td>Scientific name</td>



<td>Maltese</td>

<td>English</td>

<td>FAO English</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Alosa alosa</td>



<td>Lacca</td>

<td>Allice shad</td>

<td>Allis shad</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Anguilla anguilla</td>



<td>Sallura</td>

<td>Common eel</td>

<td>European Eel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Aristeus antennatus</td>



<td>Gamblu homor</td>

<td>King prawn</td>

<td>Blue and red shrimp</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Auxis thazard</td>



<td>Tumbrell</td>

<td>Frigate mackerel</td>

<td>Frigate tuna</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Boops boops</td>



<td>Vopa</td>

<td>Bogue</td>

<td>Bogue</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Centrophorus granulosus</td>



<td>Zaghrun</td>

<td>Rough shark</td>

<td>Gulper shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Conger conger</td>



<td>Gringu</td>

<td>Conger eel</td>

<td>European conger</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Coryphaena hippurus</td>



<td>Lampuka</td>

<td>Dolphin fish (Dorado)</td>

<td>Common dolphinfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Dentex dentex</td>



<td>Dentici</td>

<td>Dentex</td>

<td>Common dentex</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Dicentrarchus labrax</td>



<td>Spnotta</td>

<td>Bass</td>

<td>European seabass</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Epinephelus alexandrinus</td>



<td>Dott</td>

<td>Stone bass</td>

<td>Golden grouper</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Epinephelus guaza</td>



<td>Cerna</td>

<td>Grouper</td>

<td>Dusky grouper</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Euthynnus alletteratus</td>



<td>Kubrita</td>

<td>Little tuny</td>

<td>Little tunny</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Eutrigla gurnardus</td>



<td>Gallina</td>

<td>Grey Gurnard</td>

<td>Grey gurnard</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Heptranchias perlo</td>



<td>Murruna</td>

<td>7-gilled shark</td>

<td>Sharpnose sevengill shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Hexanchus griseus</td>



<td>Murruna</td>

<td>6-gilled shark</td>

<td>Bluntnose sixgill shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Lamna nasus</td>



<td>Pixxiplamtu</td>

<td>Porbeagle shark</td>

<td>Porbeagle</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Loligo vulgaris</td>



<td>Klamaru</td>

<td>Squid</td>

<td>European squid</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Merluccius merluccius</td>



<td>Merluzz</td>

<td>Hake</td>

<td>European hake</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mugil spp., Liza spp.</td>



<td>Mulett</td>

<td>Mullets</td>

<td>Mullets</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mullus barbatus</td>



<td>Trilja tal-qawwi</td>

<td>Red mullet</td>

<td>Red mullet</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Mullus surmuletus</td>



<td>Trilja tal-hama</td>

<td>Striped mullet</td>

<td>Striped red mullet</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Muraena helena</td>



<td>Morina</td>

<td>Moray</td>

<td>Mediterranean moray</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Naucrates ductor</td>



<td>Fanfru</td>

<td>Pilot fish</td>

<td>Pilot fish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Nephrops norvegicus</td>



<td>Ksampu</td>

<td>Norway lobster</td>

<td>Norway lobster</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Oblada melanura</td>



<td>Kahlija</td>

<td>Saddled Bream</td>

<td>Saddled seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Octopus vulgaris</td>



<td>Qarnita</td>

<td>Octopus</td>

<td>Common octopus</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Pagellus bogaraveo</td>



<td>Pagella tal-gargi</td>

<td>Red bream</td>

<td>Blackspot seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Pagellus erythrinus</td>



<td>Pagella hamra</td>

<td>Pandora</td>

<td>Common pandora</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Pagrus pagrus</td>



<td>Pagru</td>

<td>Common sea bream</td>

<td>Common seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Palinurus elephas</td>



<td>Awwista</td>

<td>Lobster</td>

<td>Common spiny lobster</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Parapenaeus longirostris</td>



<td>Gamblu bojot</td>

<td>Shrimp</td>

<td>Deep-water pink shrimp</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Phycis blennoides</td>



<td>Lipp abjad</td>

<td>Grater forkbeard</td>

<td>Grater forkbeard</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Plesionika spp.</td>



<td>Gamblu roza</td>

<td>Shrimp</td>

<td>Arrow, Golden, Striped

Soldier shrimp</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Polyprion americanus</td>

<td>Dott/Hanzir</td>



<td>Wreckfish</td>

<td>Wreckfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Prionace glauca</td>

<td>Huta Kahla</td>



<td>Blue shark</td>

<td>Blue shark</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Raja spp.</td>

<td>Rajja</td>



<td>Ray</td>

<td>Skates and Rays</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sardinella aurita</td>

<td>Lacca tal-faxx</td>



<td>Gilt sardine</td>

<td>Round sardinella</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sarpa salpa</td>

<td>Xilpa</td>



<td>Salema</td>

<td>Salema</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Scomber japonicus</td>

<td>Kavall</td>



<td>Mackerel</td>

<td>Chub mackerel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Scorpaena scrofa</td>

<td>Cippullazza</td>



<td>Largescaled scorpion-fish</td>

<td>Red scorpionfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Scorpaena porcus</td>

<td>Skorfna sewda</td>



<td>Smallscaled scorpion-fish</td>

<td>Black scorpionfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sepia officinalis</td>

<td>Sicca</td>



<td>Cuttlefish</td>

<td>Common cuttlefish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Seriola dumerili</td>

<td>Accola</td>



<td>Amber jack</td>

<td>Greater amberjack</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Serranus cabrilla</td>

<td>Sirrana</td>



<td>Comber</td>

<td>Comber</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sparus aurata</td>

<td>Awrata</td>



<td>Gilthead bream</td>

<td>Gilthead seabream</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sphyrna zigaena</td>

<td>Kurazza</td>



<td>Hammerhead</td>

<td>Smooth hammerhead</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Spicara smaris</td>

<td>Arznella</td>



<td>Picarel</td>

<td>Picarel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Squalus acanthias</td>

<td>Mazzola</td>



<td>Dog fish</td>

<td>Picked dogfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Thunnus thynnus</td>

<td>Tonn</td>



<td>Bluefin tuna</td>

<td>Northern Bluefin tuna</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Todarodes sagittatus</td>

<td>Totlu</td>



<td>Japanese squid</td>

<td>European flying squid</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Trachurus mediterraneus</td>

<td>Sawrella</td>



<td>Scad</td>

<td>Mediterranean horse mackerel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Trachurus trachurus</td>

<td>Sawrella kahla</td>



<td>Horse mackerel</td>

<td>Atlantic horse mackerel</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Xiphias gladius</td>

<td>Pixxispad</td>



<td>Swordfish</td>

<td>Swordfish</td>



</tr>

<tr>

<td>Zeus faber</td>

<td>Pixxi San Pietru</td>



<td>John dory</td>

<td>John dory</td>



</tr>

</table>