What is Pang?

The term "Pangga" is a common name for Pterogymnus Laniarius, small fish in common in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean and the Southwest Indian Ocean. Pangga is often called torpedo, is also located throughout the Western Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia. He travels in schools and feeds mostly in smaller fish. It is commercially caught in Indian waters, usually a hook and line or with beach seins or traps. Commercial catches are the largest in Malaysia and Thailand, where Pangga is a popular food fish. Pangga is usually sold fresh, but dried and salted in some countries. Pangga is known in various names in Indonesia. Modmo green stripes run laterally alongside, similar to the rainbow trout, and its head is bluish. Her sides are silver and have two different dorsal fin. The Pangga has a dirty lower jaw and one row of small teeth with a large black operating point near the upper part of the gill. Usually aboutD 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) long and weighing from 6 to 8 pounds (3 to 4 kg), the longest reported Panga was measured at 31 inches (about 80 cm).

In Spanish, Pangga is called torpedo macarel; Other English names include Finny Scad, Hardtail Scad and Finletted Macrel. In some countries, the name Pangga concerns species other than Pterogymnus Lanarius. In Indonesia, Pabga can refer to Megalassspis Cordyla. In Kenya, Pangga refers to Trichiurus lepturus and in Spain in Poland and the Netherlands can refer to the Pangasius hypophthalmus. Pangga is the main ingredient in the classic lacquer food, in which the fish were carried out and then served with grated and caramelized root vegetables.

Adult Pangga fish are over intermittent gender changes. It is assumed that about 30 percent of fish in this species are hermaphroditic, with both genital organs present. Pangga achieves sexual maturity relatively slowly and can take up to 14 years for the natural population of Pang to double.