Fish species under different names
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Sun, 2010-05-02 13:41
Here is something that i have been thinking about for a while and come across it many times . with so many species of fish that are known under more than one name , could everyone that knows of some put them up so others that arent so cluey on them can get to know what is what . things like Blue lined emperor and Spangled emperor. Working for a fish outlet i see so many types of fish that i have no idea what they are when i see the label like for eg. white snapper, red spot emperor and so forth. i know most are of a northern species or come from over seas
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carnarvonite
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Names
Blue lined emperor called Black Snapper
Crimson Seaperch called Red Snapper
Red Snapper called Nanngai
Stripey sea perch called Spanish flag
Trousersnake
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Dolphinfish
Being from Canada I didn't realize that dolphinfish is Mahi Mahi. I loved eating mahi mahi back home and now can't wait to get a dolphinfish in my freezer.
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till
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Only Canadians would put
Only Canadians would put dolphinfish in the freezer *scream*
Trousersnake
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Wouldn't there be to much to eat
I'm assuming that it's fillets would be to big to eat all fresh?
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till
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Dolphinfish are very long,
Dolphinfish are very long, but not that meaty. My partner, myself and my 2 1/2yr old son as the entire fillet off a 90cm to fork one the other day for dinner.
They don't freeze well, so you take one to eat fresh and let the rest go.
brenz
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8 bar greyband
8 bar greyband
carnarvonite
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Tarwhine
Known as Tarwhine and called silver bream
Mulloway and called kingies, jewfish [over east] croakers,soapies,
Faulkner Family
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thats a start.plenty more
thats a start.plenty more out there. more so thee northern species
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Choongy
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Fish outlets are generally
Fish outlets are generally working toward implementing the Standard Fish Names as listed by Seafood Services Australia as an initiative to reduce fish substitution. Searching their link below will give you a bunch of names for most commercial species. Make sure you select Search All Fields.
http://www.fishnames.com.au/
Fishbase is widely used in fisheries circles, and also provides alternative names for many species
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php
Hope this helps.
Cheers, Choongy