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'koko baliu'
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Saw this fish as i was passing by the bridge back from Metiaut to Dili central. SB said it was a Mahi Mahi (cos he lived four years in Hawaii and absolutely loved sashimi mahi mahi and had a japanese gf (then) to boot). For the locals, this is called the 'koko baliu' or 'axe fish' because of the shape of the head

Earlier at the despedida for SM, Maun Toi also bought a big load of 'samber' fish which look like miniature swordfishes cos of the long whatmachacallit (spike? pointy thing?) but they did have a cute little red tip at the end. I only thought it was a pity that so many were females, packed with roe that the Timorese wolfed down delightfully. I wonder where the males were! not a single one i ate was a male fish. anyways, it was a nice saturday out - blue sky, blue sea, and lots of fish!