Common name: Grub fish, Saddled weever

Japanese name: Kurakaketoragisu (鞍掛虎鱚)

Taiwan common name: 六帶擬鱸、海狗甘仔、舉目魚、雨傘閂、花狗母海、沙鱸、花狗母 (澎湖)

Scientific name: Parapercis sexfasciata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Nigiri sushi detail: Grub fish (Kurakaketoragisu) Nigiri sushi

Characteristics:

Grub fish (Kurakaketoragisu) are distributed south of Chiba Prefecture on the Pacific Ocean side, south of Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan side, the coast of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and southern Java Island. It inhabits sandy bottoms in shallow waters from the coast to the continental shelf. Its body length is 20 cm.

Mainly used as raw material for kamaboko, grilled in salt or boiled.

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