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Fatty Fish
Family/Other Names
Name
Description/Comments
Angelfish
Black cod
Another name for butterfish.
Not in cod family. Also called sablefish and
butterfish.
Cannot be substituted for cod because of difference
in fat content. White meat, a pleasant but fairly
strong flavor that may not appeal to everyone, and
fine texture. Excellent for smoking. This fish is fast
becoming one of the trendy dinner fish.
Butterfish
A marketing name for black cod (although a
much smaller fish also called butterfish is
sometimes available fresh along the Atlantic
Coast. A related European version is called
pomfret, sometimes called for in French
recipes). Also called angelfish.
Excellent flavor, but mainly dark meat.
Conger eel
Eel
Not a true eel.
Similar in appearance to eel, but meat is inferior.
A perfect example of how people in America turn
away from an excellent-flavored but disgusting-
looking creature. Long, almost snake-like, with
slimy/slippery black skin. Very popular in Europe.
A traditional Christmas food in some ethnic circles.
Can be found in ethnic food markets during the
holiday season in U.S. Firm, white meat and very
good flavor. Also aquacultured.
Herring
Small, soft-fleshed, highly flavored fish ideal for
smoking and pickling. When tiny, it is packed in oil
and canned. Small fresh herring, nine to eleven
inches, are available occasionally, but it must be
absolutely fresh. The flavor deteriorates rapidly
because of the fat content. Often flash frozen to
maintain the flavor.
King salmon
Mackerel
See under Salmon.
Some have a strong, rather assertive flavor that
scares a meat-eater who's only experimenting with
fish. It has a proportionally large amount of red
muscle meat, which gives it the strong flavor.
Remove the red muscle portion and eat only the
milder white muscle meat. Some kinds of southern
mackerel have a mild excellent flavor and white,
small-flaked flesh.
Pacific pompano
A marketing name for Pacific butterfish.
Not related to the sport fish in Florida.
Pomfret
French name for small European butterfish.
Pompano
The only important species in the entire jack Found along the southeast coast of the U.S., this is
family.
an excellent fish with firm, white, delicate meat.
Small (one to two pounds or half to one kg).
Considered one of the best fish there is, it is high-
priced and, like well-aged prime beef, not often
available in retail markets. Exclusive white
tablecloth restaurants, clubs reserve the best of the
catch. If you see the name pompano next to a large
fish in the display case, it is probably a closely-
related fish called permit with coarse, dry flesh.
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