TLE Quarterly Flashcards
Fish that have internal skeletos
Fin fish
Fish with external shells
Shellfish
What are the two groups of fish
Finfish and Shellfish
Fish that have high fat content about 10-25%
Fat fish
What healthy sources do fish contain
Protein, vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids
Cross-section cuts of the fish
Steaks
The scales, fins, tail and head have also been cut away
Dressed
Fish that have the classic round shape of a fish
Round fish
Fish by fat content
Lean fish and fat fish
Fish that have low fat content usually less than 1%
Lean fish
Fish that live in freshwater but spawn or lay eggs in saltwater
Catadromous
Fish that live in saltwater but spawn or lays egg in freshwater
Anadromous
Fish by where they live
Saltwater and freshwater fish
Fish by shape
Flatfish and Round fish
What are the 7 market forms of fish
Whole, drawn, dressed, steaks, fillets, butterflied fillets, sticks or tranches.
Fish that have a flat, oval shape their eyes are located at one side of their head
Flatfish
The fish is still not processed
Whole
The internal organs are removed
Drawn
These are boneless cuts of fish
Fillets
the scales, fins, tail and head have also been cut away
Dressed
Boneless cuts of fish coming from its two sides that are still joined together
Butterflied fillets
Cross section cuts of the fish
Steaks
Crosswise cuts of fish fillets
Sticks or Tranches
Has an elongated body; very bony, has white flesh and a mild, sweet flavor when cooked.
Milkfish (fat, saltwater)
Has a rich pink flesh and a rather meaty flavor
salmon (saltwater,fat,anadromous)
Has a red fleshand a meaty texture and appearance
Tuna (saltwater,fat,round)
Small in sie,oily, and has a full flavor
Sardine (saltwater,fat,round)
Has firm slightly dark flesh that is rich in flavor
Mackerel (saltwater,fat,round)
Has firm white flesh and tough skin
grouper(saltwater,lean,round)
it has a sweet, mild, taste when cooked
Red snapper (saltwater,lean,round)
Subgroups of mollusks
Univalves, bivalves, cephalods
has firm white flesh and mild flavor
Tilapia (freshwater,lean)
Has a snakelike body
Eel (freshwater fat))
Soft-bodied sea animals
Mollusks
are mollusks with conspicious heads, tentacles, and can usually squirt inks
Cephalopods
does not have scales
catfish (freshwater, can be fat or lean)
Classifications of shellfish
Mollusks & crustaceans
are mollusks with a single shell
Univalves
Possess hard external shells and lack internal skeletons
Shellfish
Animals with shells that are segmented
Crustaceans
are bivalved mollusks that have shells that are elongated and asymmetrical
Mussels
Are molluks with two shells that are joined together
Bivalves
Are bivalved molluks that have equal-sized shells, found both in fresh and salt water.
Clams
Market forms of mussels
Live, shucked, frozen
Type of clam that have round shapes and have shells that are hard
Quahogs
smallest quahogs, about 1-2 inches in size
Littlenecks
quahogs tha are 2-3 inches in size
Cherrystones
largest quahogs, more than 3 inches in size
Chowders
usually have fragile, elongated shells. Also called longnecks or steamers
Soft-shell clams
Not really clams but they resemble clams
cockles
Hard-shell clams, tiny and have sweet taste
Manila Clams
are bivalves that have irregular shaped shells
Oysters
are european oysters native to the belon river in france
belon
small in size and native to pacific coast (oyster)
Olympia
common variety of oysters from long island that has a mild flavor
BLUEPOINT
large oysters from the pacific coast
Pacific
sames species as the pacific oysters but smaller in size
kumamoto
Native to australia and newzealand
Rock oyster
Medium sized oysters from the philippines also known as talabang tsinelas
Slipper oyster
are bivalves and a type of saltwater clams, they have the classic fan shaped shells.
Scallops
two kinds of scallops
Bay scallops and sea scallops
Very sweet in taste and small in size, more expensive than sea scallops
Bay scallops
Larger than by scallops, they are the more common kind of scallops
Sea scallops
are mollusks with soft, elongated bodies. They are oftened referred to as calamari.
Squid
Another cephalod, is shorter and thicker than squids
Cuttlefish
the flesh easily separates in segments when cooked
Flaking
types of quahogs
Littlenecks, cherrystones, chowders
types of clams
Quahogs, soft-shell clams, Manila Clams, Cockles
most edible crustaceans which means “ten-footed”
Decapods
The word cephalopod means
head and foot
types of oysters
Bluepoint, belon, olympia, pacific, kumamoto, rock oyster, slipper oyster
are crustaceans with elongated bodies, attached to their abdomen are appendages called swimmerets that they use primarily for swimming
Shrimp
Types of shrimp
White shrimp, pink shrimp, brown shrimp, tiger shrimp
has a sweet flavor and firm texture, they can grow up to 8 inches (shrimp)
white shrimp
has a pinkish color even when raw, small in size (shrimp)
Pink shrimp
also called bay shrimp or common shrimp
Brown shrimp
easy to identify because of the stripes on its body
tiger shrimp
are crustaceans found both in freshwater and saltwater
crabs
Also called alimango in filipino
Mud crab or mangrove crab
also called alimasag in filipino
Blue crab
Also called talangka in filipino
River crab
largest of crabs and the most expensive
King crab
Found in the icy waters of the north atlantic and north pacific oceans
Snow crab
Blue crabs that are molting or shedding their own shell
Soft-shell crabs
are crustaceans with five pairs of legs
lobsters
a kind of clawed lobster also known as Maine lobster or true lobster
American lobster
Also known as spiny lobster
Rock lobster
a kind of clawed lobster with a bluish color related to the american lobster
European lobster
