Clown featherback ( Chitala ornata )

Name: Clown featherback
Brand: Viet Asia Food

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The clown featherback, clown knifefish, or spotted knifefish, Chitala ornata, is a nocturnal tropical fish with a long, knife-like body. Clown featherback has a grey to silver body with a dark or brown back. Clown featherback has a long caudal fin and a greyish head and belly, with a row of round spots above the base of the anal fin.

This clown featherback is native to freshwater habitats in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Clown featherback appears all year-round, the most popular catching means is casting-net, fishing net, fishing.

The clown featherback is a very popular knifefish. This is partly because of its common availability and being relatively inexpensive. Clown featherback is a kind of delicious fish, so it usually has names in the menu of many luxurious restaurants.

Clown featherback is difficult and tedious to prepare, it's essential for some very popular fish cake recipes, the elastic texture of clown featherback flesh is truly unique.

The clown featherback is commonly seen in the cuisine of Thailand and other southeast Asian countries. In Thailand when deep-fried clown featherback as Pla krai thot krathiam it is served with a spicy dipping sauce on the side made by mashing up coriander roots, bird's eye chillies and garlic, and mixing this with fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. The clown featherback is also the main fish used in the production of fish balls.