Common name: Bluespotted seabream, Bluepointed porgy, Gilt-head, Goldenhead porgy, Redbanded seabream

Japanese name: Canary chidai (カナリーチダイ)

Scientific name: Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Nigiri sushi detail: Canary chidai (Bluespotted seabream) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Canary chidai (Bluespotted seabream) is distributed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Angola, in the waters of the Canary Islands, and the Mediterranean Sea. It inhabits depths of up to 200 meters. It prefers to swim close to the rocky and pebble bottom. It reaches a total length of 1 meter.

It is caught by bottom trawling and imported frozen from West Africa. It was used as a substitute for Chidai (Crimson seabream), such as for salted fish.