On Sep 4, 1:44*am, Gerry > wrote:
> On 2009-09-03 22:14:12 -0700, Dan Logcher > said:
>
> >> Incidentally, if the restaurant is serving both "White tuna" and "Super white
> >> tuna," it's the "Super white" that is the "escolar," right?
>
> > Super white is the escolar and white tuna is albacore, I believe in your case.
>
> I've never heard albacore called white tuna.
> --

Albacore in Japanese is Binchou Maguro, or, Bin naga Maguro (same
characters read differently)
meaning long finned tuna because of their very long pectoral fins.
However they are also called
Shiro Maguro (literally "White Tuna") in some fish markets.

Musashi