Tilapia were one of the three main types of fish caught in Talmudic times from the Sea of Galilee, specifically the Galilean comb ("Sarotherodon galilaeus"). Today, in Modern Hebrew, the fish species is called "amnoon" (probably a compound of "am", "mother" and "noon", "fish"). In English, it is sometimes known by the name "St. Peter's fish", which comes from the story in the Gospel of Matthew about the apostle Peter catching a fish that carried a coin in its mouth, though the passage does not name the fish. While the name also applies to "Zeus faber", a marine fish not found in the area, a few tilapia species ("Sarotherodon galilaeus", "Oreochromis aureus", "Coptodon zillii", and "Tristramella") are found in the Sea of Galilee, where the author of the Gospel of Matthew recounts the event took place. These species have been the target of small-scale artisanal fisheries in the area for thousands of years.