TLE 3 Flashcards
is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans.
Seafood
Fish products are divided into two categories.
Fin fish
Shell fish
Fish with fins and internal skeletons
Fin Fish
Saltwater fish.
Flatfish - example: Flounder, Sole
Round fish - example: Black sea bass, Bluefish, Cod, Grouper
Freshwater fish
Catfish
Eel
Tilapia
Fish with external sheils but no intemal bone structure. They have hard outer shells.
Shell fish
Two classification of shellfish
Mollusks
Crustaceans
they have a pair of hinged shells (clams, oysters)
Bivalves
they have a single shell ( abalone, snail)
Univalves
(octopus, squid)
Cephalopods
are animals with segmented shells and jointed legs (shrimps and crabs)
Crustaceans
are soft sea animals
Mollusks
are those marketed just as they come from the water.
Whole or Round
are marketed with only the entrails removed.
Drawn
are scaled and eviscerated, usually with the head, tail, and fins removed.
Dressed