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OverviewThe Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), celebrated in Japanese culinary culture as *katsuo* and the foundational ingredient for smoked dried *katsuobushi* flakes, is a fast-growing, highly dynamic pelagic marine teleost belonging to the mackerel and tuna...
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OverviewThe Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus), locally celebrated across Japan and international sashimi markets as *mebachi*, is a colossal, deep-bodied pelagic teleost belonging to the mackerel and tuna family Scombridae. Inhabiting the vast tropical and subtropical open...
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OverviewThe Albacore (Thunnus alalunga), renowned across global culinary markets as the ‘chicken of the sea’ and the only species legally labeled as ‘white meat tuna’ in North America, is a magnificent, highly migratory pelagic teleost...
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OverviewThe Opah (Lampris guttatus), also celebrated worldwide as the moonfish, sunfish, or Jerusalem haddock, is a magnificent, deep-bodied pelagic marine teleost that achieved biological fame in 2015 when marine biologists made a historic discovery: it is the first...
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OverviewThe John Dory (Zeus faber), also famously known as St. Peter’s fish, is an unmistakable, bizarrely shaped marine teleost belonging to the family Zeidae. Distributed throughout the temperate and subtropical coastal waters of the Old World, this...
