Being a high-level edible fish, white pomfret is a top delicacy whether steamed, fried, braised, the meat is delicate and less spiny, every year before and after the festival can see the white pomfret is in short supply, the price skyrocketed, overfishing news. In fact, there are many kinds of "pomfret", each of which is very tasty!
White pomfret and silver pomfret is the same kind? Round white pomfret and what?
The Chinese people have their customary names for various types of fish, resulting in many misunderstandings, "white pomfret" name confusion is so come. General public called "white pomfret", in fact, both "silver pomfret" and "round white pomfret" two kinds of fish "common name", and the community's most popular is "silver pomfret", which is the usual so-called "white pomfret" official name. If you go to the fish market to buy "white pomfret", the boss most likely know is to buy "silver pomfret", but there are people to the big stores or supermarkets shopping, found that there are two kinds of "white pomfret" look different, origin, size and price differences, this time don't get it wrong!
Pomfret has many kinds
The common "pomfret" on the market has silver pomfret, gold pomfret, black pomfret, round white pomfret, bucket pomfret 5 kinds of pomfret, in the biological point of view, only the silver pomfret and pomfret is the real pomfret, belongs to the "pomfret family", round white pomfret belongs to the "white pomfret family", the gold pomfret and black pomfret belongs to the "jacks family", and pomfret is a completely different fish. Here to reveal the true identity of these five kinds of fish, do not be stupid not to recognize them!
1. Silver pomfret (generally referred to as "white pomfret")
Silver pomfret (scientific name: Pampus argenteus) is commonly known as the white pomfret, gray pomfret, swallowtail pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, car piece of fish, pomfret pomfret, pomfret, pomfret fish, fish body is oval and flat, scales are very small and easy to peel, mouth small, no ventral fins, dorsal fins, the back is light ink green, the abdominal surface is silvery, the fin is slightly yellow and light ink edge. and light ink color edge, body length up to 60 centimeters. The so-called white pomfret is this fish, not round white pomfret, both in the size of a very obvious difference.
Silver pomfret is the ocean's wild fish species, due to the difficulty of artificial breeding, coupled with long-term indiscriminate fishing, climate change, gradually facing the crisis of fish depletion, fortunately, in recent years, gold pomfret or black pomfret is also gradually favored by consumers, a little balance of silver pomfret oversupply and overfishing phenomenon.
2. Round white pomfret:
Round white pomfret (scientific name: Ephippus orbis) is commonly known as white pomfret, chicken pomfret, Yanzai pomfret, pouch pomfret, French pomfret, smoked belt pomfret, copper pan pomfret, for the white pomfret family white pomfret genus of fish, fish body side flat, slightly rounded. Head steeply sloping, mouth small and rounded, large eyes, body color is silver white or silver gray, lateral line is curved, body length up to 25 centimeters, is a very affordable species of edible fish.
3. Golden pomfret:
Busch's pomfret (scientific name: Trachinotus blochii) is the official name of the golden pomfret, commonly known as the golden gun, golden pomfret, yellow pomfret, red pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret and pomfret, pomfret, pomfret and pomfret, pomfret, pomfret and pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, and pomfret. Fish body lateral compression into ovate, body without spots, lateral line slightly curved, body length up to 80 centimeters. Compared to the white pomfret, the fish body is much larger, rich in meat, the price is also much cheaper, in recent years quite favored by Taiwanese consumers, and gradually become a substitute for white pomfret.
4. Black pomfret:
Parastromateus niger (scientific name: Parastromateus niger) is commonly known as black pomfret, the fish for the family Parastromateidae Parastromateus niger, the fish body is extremely lateral compression, the appearance of the oval. Dorsal edge, abdominal edge are raised, body length up to 55 centimeters, and gold pomfret, as in the white pomfret in short supply when it becomes a substitute.
5. Fighting pomfret:
China pomfret (scientific name: Pampus chinensis) commonly known as China pomfret, Chinese pomfret, fighting pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret for pomfret pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, pomfret, gray-brown back of the fish, the two sides of the silver-white, the body is high and flattened, the length of the body can be up to 40 cm, due to the shape of the white pomfret, there are often unworthy businessmen fake as white pomfret trafficking, although fighting pomfret is also an affordable food fish, but in terms of grade and quality of meat with the white pomfret. But in the grade and meat quality and white pomfret is still a big difference, afraid to buy the wrong as long as you remember "bucket pomfret bail, white pomfret smooth; bucket pomfret fish tail round, white pomfret fish tail tip" will not be afraid of being cheated.
Whether it is for price or sustainable environmental considerations, want to eat fish on New Year's Day, there are many pomfret types to choose from, as long as the fresh, no matter what kind of seafood can be very delicious!