United Arab Emirates 5-FILS (KM2.1)
Spangled emperor
The Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) is a popular fish for eating, and hence its appearance on this FAO issue coin. This fish has dozens of vernacular names throughout the Indo-Pacific region and is commonly called Shaari kabir in the UAE. (In Mauritius it is called Mata-Hari, which sort of explains why the Krause catalogue refers to it as that.)
22 mm
Bronze
KM2.1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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