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Old 02-05-2010, 07:32 PM   #8
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Re: yellowfin vs yellowtail

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Originally Posted by apneanaut View Post
Wikipedia says "hamachi" versus "buri" is a size distinction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_amberjack

You can't go wrong with either yellowtail or yellowfin, but they are very different in taste a texture.
Different species. This is from Japan which is the "Seriola quinqueradiata"





While the species we get here are "S. lanlandei" which are sometimes farmed for sushi but are not that great compared to seriola quinqueradiata.


The hamachi and buri pertains to the japanese grown fish. 6lbs are hamachi and over 11 lbs are called buri.
I prefer yellowtail either way though
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