◆Catch time and season for tangfish

Usubahagi is caught in batches from autumn to winter, and is scarce in summer. The best season to eat it is from late autumn to winter.

◆Main production area and production volume

Usubahagi is a fish that tends to live in warmer waters, so it is caught in the Izu Islands, Mie Prefecture, and various parts of western Japan. Fishing is done by set nets, trawling nets, and scoop nets.

◆Features

Usubahagi is a fish that grows to over 75 cm in total length and is quite large for filefish.
There is a long, thin horn just above the eye, but this is the first spine of the first dorsal fin, and is thinner and easier to break than filefish, so many of them are missing in stores. There is no ventral fin, and the second dorsal fin and anal fin have almost the same shape.
The surface of the body is covered with hard skin, and the ground color is gray to brown, with light spots and patterns depending on the individual.

source： UsubaHagi: ecology, features, production area and season

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