Common name: Butterfish, Croaker, Daga salmon, Dusky kob, Japanese croaker, Japanese meagre, Jew, Jewfish, Kingfish, Kingy, Kob, Mulloway, River kingfish, Salmon, School jew, Schoolies, Silver croaker, Silver jew, Silver jewfish, Soapies, Soapy, Southern meagre

Japanese name: Oonibe (大鮸)

Taiwan common name: 巨鮸、黃姑魚、鮸、水鮸、金錢鮸

Scientific name: Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844)

Nigiri sushi detail: Japanese meagre (Oonibe) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Japanese meagre (Oonibe) is distributed in southern Japan, the East China Sea, and the Yellow Sea. It lives on sandy bottoms at depths of 50~100m. It is the largest species of the Nibe (Croaker) group, reaching more than 1.3 meters in length. The body color is uniformly grayish brown, and the abdomen is silvery white.

The dark red meat (Chiai) is a beautiful red, slightly transparent, cherry-red flesh. It has a high water content and is tender, so it should be served as Kobujime. Of course, it is also suitable for meuniere, simmered dishes, and grilled dishes. It is not widely distributed in the market, so it isn’t easy to obtain, especially in the Kanto region.

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