Common name: Shortraker rockfish, Black-throated rock-fish, Buoy keg, Rockfish

Japanese name: Hireguromenuke (鰭黒目抜)

Scientific name: Sebastes borealis Barsukov, 1970

Nigiri sushi detail: Shortraker rockfish (Hireguromenuke) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Shortraker rockfish (Hireguromenuke) is distributed north of Iwate Prefecture, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Bering Sea. It is often found at depths of 100-600m and shallower than 1200m. It can be distinguished from other Menuke species by the black edges of its dorsal, anal, and ventral fins, and the absence of spines on the suborbital margin. It reaches 1.2 m in length and is the largest of the Menuke species.

It is suitable for all types of cooking, including salted and grilled, simmered, tempura, and meuniere. It is also sometimes processed into miso or kasuzuke (sake lees) marinated fish. Fresh ones can also be eaten as sashimi. It is the least abundant of the Menuke species in circulation and is slightly cheaper than Angry rockfish (Oosaga).