Chirocentrus dorab; Print; The dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab) is a fish species from the genus Chirocentrus of the family Chirocentridae. It is a coastal fish; silvery below and bright blue above. It is found in both marine and brackish or estuarine waters; feeding on smaller fish and possibly crustaceans. Chirocentrus is from the Greek cheir meaning hand and kentron meaning sting. Dorab is from the Arabic language word darrab (?????) and the word is probably a corrupted form of durubb (??????) the name for goldfish in Arabic. It has another Arabic name; lisan (????) which means tongue.; 1700-1880