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From: trevor@mips.COM (Trevor Fagerskog)
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,alt.fishing,sci.bio
Subject: Re: Funny Fish Names
Message-ID: <24912@giant.mips.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 89 14:27:46 GMT
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Reply-To: trevor@mips.COM (Trevor Fagerskog)
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In article <20906@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>What are the aliases being used to sell fish these days?  Fish like hake and
>shad are being sold under other names, like "butterfish".  Could someone
>please post a cross-reference list of these aliases.


I haven't heard hake (aka marucci sp?) or shad being called butterfish.
The name butterfish was used for black cod (a deep water fish caught off
the Pacific Coast in traps). Black cod is also called sable. 

Other names:

Scrod - really a small cod (east coast). All the big ones have been caught.

Ocean Perch - Idiot fish. Very spiny, bright orange color, big eyes, deep water.

Rock Cod - beware, there are very many speices of rock cod. Look out for misuse
           of the word "snapper". Ling cod is a speices of rock cod that is a
           safer bet, albeit more expensive. Rock cod (deep water) caught of the
           Pacific coast of California is usually boccacio (sp?) tend to be very
           wormy and is often called "red snapper". Since it is difficult to
           what kind of fish you're buying after it has been filleted, Find a 
           reputable monger who specializes in west coast rock cod (fish) 
           identification. Any monger worth his salt will be able to tell you
           the difference between boccacio and red snapper.

Sole - There are many types of sole caught off the west coast. English, Sand,
       Rex, Dover, Sand Dabs, Petrale, Starry Flounder and California Halibut.
       It is pretty hard to go wrong on these given they are fresh.


That's just a few, I'm sure there are many more.

Trev

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