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Ahvena (Ahven)
Perch, European perch, Perca fluviatilis. At various stages of Tallinn’s past, new or developing neighborhoods were given names revolving around a theme. This one – on the Kakumäe peninsula, site of former fish processing and refrigeration plants – is part of a fish group, see Havi, interspersed among a fishing-tackle group, see Abara.
Havi (Haug)
Pike, northern pike, Esox lucius. The one they managed to let slip through the net here (intentionally, one wonders) is tuulehaug: the garpike, Belone belone. Why did they keep it off the streets? Because, as you discover when sitting in a restaurant not far from Chernobyl (well, 1000 km anyway) with more than moderate alarm is that the fish’s bones are green. Part of a fish group. See also Kammelja.
Kahva (Kahv)
Landing-net, scoop net, net for catching fish or crayfish (see Vähi), although some say its handle or haft too. Also means pale or pallid, an adjective that most Baltic fish find stereotypically demeaning (herring in particular, but let’s not get into that… bastards should've evolved faster). Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also Kaladi.
Kammelja (Kammeljas)
Not the ‘camellia’ I was expecting, but turbot, Psetta maxima. Beware when buying flowers, kameelia BTW. Part of a fish group. See also Kilu.
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