The appearance of Goldeye rockfish (usumebaru)
Common name: Goldeye rockfish
Japanese name: Usumebaru (薄目張), Okimebaru
Chinese common name: 五带平鲉
Korean common name: 불볼락
Scientific name: Sebastes thompsoni (Jordan and Hubbs, 1925)
Nigiri sushi detail: Goldeye rockfish (Usumebaru) Nigiri sushi
The appearance of
Goldeye rockfish (Usumebaru) nigiri
Characteristics:
Goldeye rockfish (Usumebaru) are distributed from Hokkaido to near Choshi, Tsushima Strait to near Busan. It inhabits rocky reefs at depths of 50~150 m along the coast. Usumebaru have the habit of schooling even as adults. Similar to the saddled brown rockfish (Togottomebaru), but in cooler water. Its season is twice a year, in spring and fall.
There are 43 species of mebaru in Japan. There are more than 120 species in the world. In addition to the three species of mebaru in Japan, “Akamebaru,” “Kuromebaru,” and “Shiromebaru,” another common species is “Usumebaru,” which has become a typical mebaru in the Tohoku region. In the Toyosu market, Brown rockfish, which are black in color, are called Kuromebaru, and Goldeye rockfish (Usumebaru), which are red in color, are called Mebaru.
Usumebaru are best boiled, although fresh ones are made into sashimi. It is a fish with particularly tough flesh, which becomes tasty after a period of maturation.
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