{"id":3931,"date":"2023-06-22T09:05:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T00:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=3931"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:58:16","slug":"moray-eel-utsubo","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"http:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/moray-eel-utsubo","title":{"rendered":"Moray eel (Utsubo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3933\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3933\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3933\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Moray-eel-Utsubo.jpg\" alt=\"a photo of Moray eel (Utsubo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Moray-eel-Utsubo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Moray-eel-Utsubo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Moray-eel-Utsubo-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/06\/Moray-eel-Utsubo-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Moray eel (Utsubo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Common name: Moray eel, Kidako moray, Kikado moray, Twist-banded moray, Brutal moray<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japanese name: Utsubo<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (\u30a6\u30c4\u30dc)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taiwan common name: \u8815\u7d0b\u88f8\u80f8\u9bd9\u3001\u9322\u9c3b\u3001\u85af\u9c3b\u3001\u864e\u9c3b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chinese common name: \u8815\u7eb9\u88f8\u80f8\u9cdd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Korean common name: \uacf0\uce58<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific name: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck &amp; Schlegel, 1846)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigiri sushi detail:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moray eel (Utsubo) Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Characteristics:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moray eel (Utsubo) inhabits the reefs of southern Japan except for the Ryukyu Islands. The body length is about 80 cm. Its body shape resembles that of an eel, but it is laterally flattened and lacks pectoral and ventral fins. Its body color is yellowish brown with blackish brown transverse stripes on a yellowish-brown background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Its flesh is of good quality but has many small bones and is generally inedible. However, moray eel (Utsubo) cuisine is a specialty in Kochi and other prefectures. 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Characteristics: Moray eel (Utsubo) inhabits the reefs of southern Japan except for the Ryukyu Islands. The body length is about 80 cm. Its body shape resembles that of an eel, but it is laterally flattened and lacks pectoral and ventral fins. Its body color is yellowish brown with blackish brown transverse stripes on a yellowish-brown background. Its flesh is of good quality but has many small bones&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"jetpack-portfolio-type":[166],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[21],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3931"}],"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=3931"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7970,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/3931\/revisions\/7970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=3931"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=3931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}