The A to Z of Sushi Ingredients : Silver-skinned fish

You don’t want to find yourself in a Sushi restaurant not knowing enough about the fish on offer. Here we will introduce all the different types of Edo-style Sushi (Edomaesushi) Ingredients. *Japanese terms will be italicized on sushi ingredients page.

<Hikarimono － Silver-skinned fish>

Aji (Maaji) － Japanese horse-mackerel

Ayu － Ayu

Gomasaba－ Spotted mackerel

Hamo －Daggertooth pike conger

Hatahata － Japanese sandfish

Iwashi － Sardine

Kisu － Japanese whiting

Kohada － Gizzard shad

Mamakari － Big-eye sardine

Saba － Pacific mackerel

Sanma － Pacific saury

Sayori － Halfbeak

Shinko － Baby Gizzard shad

Tobiuo － Japanese flyingfish

We hope this information will be helpful.

Revision date: March 27, 2018