◆White croaker

scientific name：Pennahia argentata（Houttuyn,1782）

Japanese name：しろぐち／白愚痴／白口

English name：Silver croaker、White croaker

Other names: Ishimochi, Akaguchi

Shiroguchi is a kind of croaker, and croaker fish vibrate their swim bladders and make a squealing sound.
It seems that this appearance came to be called “Guchi” because it looks like he is complaining.

Although it is called “Guchi”, there are other related species such as “Nibe”, “Koichi”, “Kuroguchi” and “Kiguchi”.
It is also called shiroguchi because its whole body is shining white, and it is also called akaguchi because it has a slightly reddish color.

In addition, the fish of the croaker family is generally called Ishimochi.
This is because the croaker fish have very large otoliths in their heads that look like stones.
For this reason, even if a shop simply says “Guchi” or “Ishimochi,” it is not necessarily Shiroguchi, so be careful.
White-fleshed white fish is an important edible fish that is also used as a raw material for paste products.

●Main production areas and seasons

◆Main production area

Shiroguchi is more common in warm waters, and is caught in batches in the East China Sea using bottom trawl nets, and is landed in Kyushu such as Nagasaki Prefecture.
In addition, it is caught in the San’in region west of Fukui Prefecture, various parts of the Pacific coast, and the Seto Inland Sea.

◆Catch period and season

Shiroguchi is also a target fish for fishing, and for casting fishing, it is targeted for offshore boat fishing in the winter from the rainy season to autumn, when it comes from shallow waters along the coast for spawning.
There are two ways to think about the season when it is delicious. One is the idea that the meat is fatty and the sashimi is delicious in winter, and the other is that many of the fish that come along the coast for spawning are caught and eggs are laid in the belly. It is a way of thinking that summer is the season from early summer with
All of them can be said to be in season in terms of their deliciousness and serving size.

Shiroguchi/Ishimochi/Guchi: Ecology, Characteristics, Producing Areas, and Seasons

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