Common name: Emperor fish, Common lenjan, Chinese emperor, Grey large-eye bream

Japanese name: Fuefukidai (笛吹鯛)

Taiwan common name: 正龍占魚、白龍占、龍尖、連占、龍占 (澎湖)、紅鰭龍占 (澎湖)

Scientific name: Lethrinus haematopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844

Nigiri sushi detail: Emperor fish (Fuefukidai) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Emperor fish (Fuefukidai) are distributed from Wakayama south to Taiwan. It inhabits coastal reefs. Its body shape is similar to that of the sea bream family of fishes, but the mouthparts protrude. The body color is gray-green with dark transverse stripes, and the mouth is light red.

The flesh is clear and white, with no peculiarity, light and odorless. It has little dark red meat (chiai) and its color is light. It can be enjoyed as sashimi or in nigiri sushi. However, this fish is rarely found in supermarkets in the Kanto region. Nakedhead (Meichidai) and spangled emperor (Hamafuefuki) are also in the same family.

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