{"id":6606,"date":"2025-03-12T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T04:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=6606"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:00:47","slug":"pacific-yellowtail-emperor-isofuefuki","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/pacific-yellowtail-emperor-isofuefuki","title":{"rendered":"Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki) is distributed from Wakayama Prefecture and southward to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the outer edges of coral reefs, the sandy bottoms of lagoon lakes, and seaweed zones. It is 30 to 40 cm long. Its mouth is red, and there is a single red line running from the corners of its mouth to its tail. In the Ryukyu Islands, it is most commonly seen together with the Spangled emperor (Hamafuefuki).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It has no peculiar taste, and its firm white flesh is very tasty and good for sashimi. It is also a little watery, but the skin is delicious, so it is good when grilled with salt. The fish is also delicious in ara soup (soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps). It is a very popular fish in Okinawa and is also one of the high quality sushi toppings at sushi restaurants in the prefecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6609\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6609\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6609\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki)\" width=\"499\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki.jpg 621w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-317x180.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Common name: Pacific yellowtail emperor, Atkinson&#8217;s emperor, Reticulated emperor, Sky emperor, Tricky snapper, Tuamotu emperor, Yellow morwong, Yellow-tailed emperor, Yellowbrow emperor, Yellowtail emperor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japanese name: Isofuefuki (\u78ef\u7b1b\u5439)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taiwan common name: \u963f\u6c0f\u9f8d\u5360\u9b5a\u3001\u9f8d\u5c16\u3001\u9f8d\u5360\u3001\u7d05\u9f8d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chinese common name: \u592a\u5e73\u6d0b\u9ec4\u5c3e\u9f99\u5360\u3001\u592a\u5e73\u6d0b\u88f8\u988a\u9cb7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Korean common name: \uff0d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">French common name: Bossu dor\u00e9, Empereur mahsena, Petit bec de cane, Tamour\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spanish common name: Emperador mahsena<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific name: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1910<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6608\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6608\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6608\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-nigiri.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki) nigiri\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-nigiri.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-nigiri-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-nigiri-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/Pacific-yellowtail-emperor-Isofuefuki-nigiri-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki) nigiri<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigiri sushi detail: Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific yellowtail emperor (Isofuefuki) is distributed from Wakayama Prefecture and southward to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the outer edges of coral reefs, the sandy bottoms of lagoon lakes, and seaweed zones. It is 30 to 40 cm long. Its mouth is red, and there is a single red line running from the corners of its mouth to its tail. In the Ryukyu Islands, it is most commonly seen together with the Spangled emperor (Hamafuefuki). It has no peculiar taste, and its firm white flesh is very tasty and good for sashimi. It is also a little watery, but the skin is delicious, so&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6609,"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\/6606"}],"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=6606"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8159,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/6606\/revisions\/8159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=6606"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=6606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}