On 5/31/2017 8:03 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Wed, 31 May 2017 18:18:25 -0400, Dan Logcher
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/30/2017 7:48 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
>>> On Tue, 30 May 2017 13:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Shiro Otaku
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd heard it was "abura bouzu" but when I search for that, it comes up as "skilfish." Does anyone know the actual Japanese word for escolar?
>>>
>>>
>>> According to
>>> http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-sashim...i-terminology/ it is
>>>
>>> Abura Bouzu €“ (ah-boo-rah boh-zoo) or Abura Sokomutsu (ah-boo-rah
>>> soh-koh-moo-tsoo) €“ This is Escolar (Oilfish) and sometimes called
>>> Shiro Maguro, although it is not tuna and should not be confused with
>>> that fish.
>>
>> I've heard it called mutsu.. Shiro Maguro refers to albacore tuna.
>
>
> Yes, usually. It literally mean "white tuna," even though there is no
> white tuna.
>
> The only fish called mutsu in Japanese that I can find is bluefish.
> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsu

Yeah, there's no real name for it seems..


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Dan