Common name: Crescent sweetlips, Yellow spotted grunt, Dark-banded sweetlip, Grunt, Three-banded sweetlips, Threeband sweetlips 

Japanese name: Koshodai (胡椒鯛、鰭白魚、古世宇)

Taiwan common name: 花尾胡椒鯛、加志、黃斑石鯛、花軟唇、嘉誌 (臺東)、包公魚、番圭誌 (澎湖)

Chinese common name: 花尾胡椒鲷

Korean common name: 어름돔

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus cinctus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Nigiri sushi detail: Crescent sweetlips (Koshodai) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Crescent sweetlips (Koshodai) are distributed throughout Japan south of the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture except Okinawa, the South China Sea, Sri Lanka, and the Arabian Sea. It inhabits sandy bottom areas of coastal reefs and their margins. The body length is 40~60 cm. Its body color is blue-gray with three oblique black stripes and numerous small black spots from back to tail.

Its white flesh has a distinctive flavor, but when the skin is seared, it adds a savory aroma that takes nigiri sushi to the next level. It has been a standard sushi topping in western Japan, but with global warming, the catch has increased, and it is now used in the Kanto region as well. Because of its high yield, nigiri sushi is especially popular at conveyor-belt sushi restaurants. Of course, it is also delicious grilled, boiled, or sashimi.

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