Malabar region Kanyakumari on India's southern tip. In ancient times the term "Malabar" was used to denote the entire south-western coast of the Indian peninsula. The region formed part of the ancient kingdom of Chera until the early 12th century. Following the breakup of the Chera Kingdom, the chieftains of the region proclaimed their independence. Notable among these were the Kolathiris, Travancore, Zamorins of Calicut, the Coylot Wanees Country of northeast and coastal Ceylon (including Puttalam), Valluvokonathiris of Walluvanad. The Malabar Coast is sometimes used as an all-encompassing term for the entire Indian coast from the western coast of Konkan to the
Malabar trevally Malabar trevally The Malabar trevally ("Carangoides malabaricus"), also known as the Malabar jack, Malabar kingfish or nakedshield kingfish, is a species of large inshore marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. It is distributed throughout the Indian and west Pacific Oceans from South Africa in the west to Japan and Australia in the east, inhabiting reefs and sandy bays on the continental shelf. The Malabar trevally is similar to many of the other species in the genus "Carangoides", with the number of gill rakers and the grey-brown colour of the tongue being the diagnostic features. The Malabar trevally is a