Common name: Emperor red snapper, Red emperor, Red kelp, Seba’s snapper, Queenfish, Government bream, King snapper, Emperor, Emperor bream, Emperor snapper

Japanese name: Sennendai (千年鯛)

Taiwan common name: 川紋笛鯛、嗑頭、白點赤海、厚唇仔、番仔加志、打鐵婆、紅雞仔 (臺東)、鐵汕婆 (澎湖)

Scientific name: Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816)

Nigiri sushi detail: Emperor red snapper (Sennendai) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Emperor red snapper (Sennendai) is distributed in warm waters of southern Japan and the Indo-West Pacific region. It inhabits coral reefs and surrounding reefs. The length of the body is 50~60 cm, reaching up to 1 meter. Older adults are red in color, and are named Sennen (Sennen means 1000 years) dai because they are only caught once every 1,000 years.

Its dark red meat (chiai) is so bright red that the fat seems to ooze out onto the surface of the cut meat. This fat is sweet and goes well with sushi rice, and when served with nigiri sushi, it gives the fish a rich umami taste.

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