{"id":6460,"date":"2024-12-28T10:42:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=6460"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:00:18","slug":"highfin-grouper-shirobuchihata","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/highfin-grouper-shirobuchihata","title":{"rendered":"Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata) is found in southern Japan, the western Atlantic, and the eastern Indian Ocean. It mainly inhabits coral reefs. It is 25-35cm long. Its body is elongated and flattened on the sides. Its body color is dark brown with scattered blackish spots, but as it grows, these spots change and become smaller and more dense in adult fish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is thought that at least 400 species of fish around the world belong to the grouper family, making it a major faction of the perch family. Nearly 40 species are found in Japan. Shirobuchihata is small but has a good fat content, and the texture and flavor are well balanced. Ara is eaten after being boiled, so there is almost nothing to throw away. It is also good for nigiri sushi and is not inferior to other Hata.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6455\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6455\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6455\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata.jpg\" alt=\"a photo of Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata)\" width=\"482\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata.jpg 560w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata-305x180.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Common name: Blackfin cod, Bloch&#8217;s rockcod, Brown-spotted rock-cod, Highfin grouper, Marbled rockcod, Spotted grouper, Spotted rockcod, Spotty cod, Trout cod<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japanese name: Shirobuchihata (\u767d\u7e01\u7fbd\u592a)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taiwan common name: \uff0d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chinese common name: \u82b1\u70b9\u77f3\u6591\u9c7c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Korean common name: \uff0d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">French common name: Grisette, Loche de sable, Loche uitoe, M\u00e9rou haute voile<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spanish common name: Mero aleta alta<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific name: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch,1790)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6454\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6454\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6454\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata-nigiri.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata) nigiri\" width=\"435\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata-nigiri.jpg 435w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata-nigiri-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/12\/Highfin-grouper-Shirobuchihata-nigiri-230x180.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata) nigiri<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigiri sushi detail: Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highfin grouper (Shirobuchihata) is found in southern Japan, the western Atlantic, and the eastern Indian Ocean. It mainly inhabits coral reefs. It is 25-35cm long. Its body is elongated and flattened on the sides. Its body color is dark brown with scattered blackish spots, but as it grows, these spots change and become smaller and more dense in adult fish. It is thought that at least 400 species of fish around the world belong to the grouper family, making it a major faction of the perch family. Nearly 40 species are found in Japan. Shirobuchihata is small but has a good fat content, and the texture and flavor are well&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6455,"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\/6460"}],"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=6460"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8150,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6460\/revisions\/8150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=6460"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=6460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}