James Silverton wrote:
> Dan wrote on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:16:15 -0500:
>
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> wrote on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:31:54 -0800
>>> (PST):
>>>
>>>> they call this escolar, too, but it looks like something
>>>> different
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://d1.biggestmenu.com/00/00/5d/7...254cc7db_m.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> The stuff I had was uniformly pure white with no other
>>> colors.
>
>
>> Which is why my favorite place calls it super shite tuna..
>> though its not a tuna, but I'll let that slide.
>
>
> Escolar is actually a mackerel species, I believe. The whole mackerel
> family is oily but escolar wins out!

Well, its sometimes called Snake Mackerel, but I don't think it is.
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum vs Scomberomorus maculatus. I believe the
term Snake Mackerel is what throws people off since its not an offical
name. Its like saying yellowtail.. yellowtail what? Snapper, flounder
amberjack. The latter being the one we eat for sushi.

--
Dan