{"id":3539,"date":"2023-06-10T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T00:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=3539"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:12:00","slug":"yellow-grouper-aohata","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/yellow-grouper-aohata","title":{"rendered":"Yellow grouper (Aohata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3541\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3541\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3541\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata.jpg\" alt=\"a photo of Yellow grouper (Aohata)\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-298x180.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Yellow grouper (Aohata)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Common name: Yellow grouper, Banded grouper, Green hata<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japanese name: Aohata<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (\u9752\u7fbd\u592a\u3001\u9752\u9c2d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taiwan common name: \u9752\u77f3\u6591\u9b5a\u3001\u9ec3\u4e01\u6591\u3001\u77f3\u6591\u3001\u904e\u9b5a\u3001\u4e2d\u6e9d\u3001\u767d\u99ac\u7f54\u4ed4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chinese common name: \u9752\u77f3\u6591\u9c7c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Korean common name: \ub3c4\ub3c4\ubc14\ub9ac<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">French common name: M\u00e9rou jaune<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spanish common name: Mero amarillo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific name: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Epinephelus awoara (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigiri sushi detail:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yellow grouper (Aohata) Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6077\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6077\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6077\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-nigiri.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Yellow grouper (Aohata) nigiri\" width=\"452\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-nigiri.jpg 533w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-nigiri-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-nigiri-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Yellow-grouper-Aohata-nigiri-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Yellow grouper (Aohata) nigiri<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Characteristics:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yellow grouper (Aohata) is distributed from Tokyo and waters south of Niigata to the South China Sea. It inhabits rather deep reefs and sandy muddy bottoms along the coast, but young fish can be found in shallower waters closer to shore. The body length is 40 cm. Its body color is yellowish brown with six dark transverse bands on the body and numerous yellow spots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Compared to other grouper species, it has less fat and its flesh feels softer. It is caught in large numbers in northern Kyushu and is reasonably priced. 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It inhabits rather deep reefs and sandy muddy bottoms along the coast, but young fish can be found in shallower waters closer to shore. The body length is 40 cm. Its body color is yellowish brown with six dark transverse bands on the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"jetpack-portfolio-type":[166],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[19],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7576,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3539\/revisions\/7576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}