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Lean Fish
Description/Comments
Name
Family/Other Names
Cape
capensis
Newly contrived marketing name for
whiting.
Comes from South Africa.
Cod, Atlantic
Most widely used and popular fish in this classification. Very
good white meat, firm but flakes readily. Flavor mild enough
to be acceptable to those who don't care for real fish flavor.
Cod, Pacific
Dolphin
Closely related to Atlantic cod.
Reasonably plentiful, although sources are declining. Softer
meat and an even milder flavor than Atlantic cod.
Also dolphinfish. Both are common names
for mahi-mahi.
Drum
A general family name for a number of fish
species. The most common are sea bass,
white sea bass and red drum (also called red
fish).
Good white, firm and moist flesh, which breaks down into
coarse flakes. Red drum is popular in chowders and similar
preparations. White sea bass is good cooked any way.
Finnan
Haddie
Marketing name for hot-smoked haddock.
Flounder
Grouper
Haddock
Hake
A flat fish.
Closely related to sole.
Another name for sea bass.
A member of the cod family.
Another name for whiting.
A member of the flounder family.
Halibut
This is an excellent fish with a slightly sweet mild flavor and
dense, firm, white, tender flesh.
Lingcod
A member of the greening family. Not a true Popular because the supply is reasonably large, which makes
cod.
the price reasonable, too. White, tender, dense meat and a
rather bland flavor. Blue-green when raw, it turns white on
cooking.
Mahi-mahi
Monkfish
Perch
Also called dolphin, dolphinfish, and
dorado. Not related to the mammal dolphin.
Another trendy fish, with white, firm, dense, coarse-flaked
meat and a delicately sweet flavor. Its popularity is partly due
to the muscle staying solid in most cooking methods.
A flat fish.
Only the thickened, meaty tail section has edible meat, which
is cut into fillets. Firm white meat and good flavor that is
mild and sweet, resembling lobster.
Not related to fresh-water perch, which is
rare. Often referred to as ocean perch. Also
called rock cod or red snapper.
Moderately firm white meat and a good flavor.
Pike
Excellent flavor and much underrated in America although
popular in Europe. It has sweet, firm, white meat.
Plaice
A European flounder.
Pollock
Porgy
A member of the cod family.
Also know as sea bream.
Small with a sweetly delicate flavor and firm, coarse-grained
muscles. It keeps fresh longer than most other fish but loses
its fine flavor if kept too long. Not often available.
Ray
Fishmongers often call this skate.
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