Tunisian

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qarous bou nokta

[Tunisian]

A slightly smaller species of sea bass with many small spots.

quarnit sghir

[Tunisian]

Small, pale-coloured octopus with curled tentacles which is boiled and served whole, perhaps with oil and vinegar.

sfinn

[Tunisian]

Angel fish, fiddle fish, shark ray, angel shark.

shringi

[Tunisian]

Wreckfish or stone bass, a type of grouper cooked like wrasse and used in soups or cut into steaks or filleted. It may grow as large as 2 m (6 ft) in length and it is found in both the Mediterranean and throughout the Atlantic. Wreckfish are inclined to follow bits of flotsam and jetsam floating on the surface of the sea.

wagess

[Tunisian]

Angel fish, fiddle fish, shark ray, angel shark.

zarbout

[Tunisian]

Horn shell. A brown mottled, nobbled shellfish about 7 cm long.