Mentai is cod.

Simply put, mentaiko is a type of cod. Mentai fish is scientifically known as yellow line pollock, in biological classification, belongs to the cod family Codidae, in the West is also known as large mouth fish. In our country, generally speaking, the Black Sea in Russia is known as cod, and the Korean sea is known as mintai fish.

Mentai and cod both have garlic-clove-shaped meat, but mentai has slightly smaller pieces. It is also slightly more fishy than cod and has a stronger flavor. In addition, the muntjac is relatively slender and darker in color, while the cod is a bit chunkier and lighter in color. In the market, the easiest way to differentiate between the mintai fish and cod is that the cod sold in the market is usually headless, while the mintai fish is sold with the head.

Types of cod

1, silver cod

This species is the Chinese and Japanese name, and is not a kind of fish, a kind of Chilean sea bass, a kind of black cod. These two kinds of fish are living in the cold water deep sea waters, with a lot of **** the same characteristics, but the two are far away, one in the Antarctic and one in the Arctic.

2, haddock

This cod is the kind we often eat, there are black lines on the side of the body, its growth habit is to like to live in shallow water as a juvenile, wait until adulthood will swim to the deep sea, is often commercially fished.

3, pollock

Pollock is its biological name, there is a very familiar name, is the mintai fish. It mainly lives in the north of the Pacific Ocean, often fished, the meat is delicious, less spiny, dried fish after the sun into the mintai fish is very popular with consumers.