What is the Japanese name for escolar?

[Shiro Otaku]

I'd heard it was "abura bouzu" but when I search for that, it comes up as "skilfish." Does anyone know the actual Japanese word for escolar?

[Ken Blake]

On Tue, 30 May 2017 13:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Shiro Otaku
<use...@ransom.us> wrote:

>I'd heard it was "abura bouzu" but when I search for that, it comes up as "skilfish." Does anyone know the actual Japanese word for escolar?

According to
http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-sashimi-info/sushi-terminology/ it is

Abura Bouzu – (ah-boo-rah boh-zoo) or Abura Sokomutsu (ah-boo-rah
soh-koh-moo-tsoo) – This is Escolar (Oilfish) and sometimes called
Shiro Maguro, although it is not tuna and should not be confused with
that fish.


Also see http://www.alighaemi.com/wp/?p=1060

Looking up skilfish, I see that it's a different species from escolar.
I wonder whether it's just a typo for oilfish.

[Dan Logcher]

On 5/30/2017 7:48 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Tue, 30 May 2017 13:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Shiro Otaku
> <use...@ransom.us> wrote:
>
>> I'd heard it was "abura bouzu" but when I search for that, it comes up as "skilfish." Does anyone know the actual Japanese word for escolar?
>
>
> According to
> http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-sashimi-info/sushi-terminology/ it is
>
> Abura Bouzu – (ah-boo-rah boh-zoo) or Abura Sokomutsu (ah-boo-rah
> soh-koh-moo-tsoo) – This is Escolar (Oilfish) and sometimes called
> Shiro Maguro, although it is not tuna and should not be confused with
> that fish.

I've heard it called mutsu.. Shiro Maguro refers to albacore tuna.

--
Dan

[Ken Blake]

Yes, usually. It literally mean "white tuna," even though there is no
white tuna.

The only fish called mutsu in Japanese that I can find is bluefish.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsu

[Dan Logcher]

Yeah, there's no real name for it seems..


--
Dan

[elee...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 1:38:05 PM UTC-7, Shiro Otaku wrote:
> I'd heard it was "abura bouzu" but when I search for that, it comes up as "skilfish." Does anyone know the actual Japanese word for escolar?

There is an official NAME for escolar. "ABURA SOKOMUTSU" = it means oily living in the bottom of ocean Mutsu fish. This is an official name. Definitely not Abura Bouzu. Abura bouzu is different fish and I tasted them in Hokkaido. It is great but Escolar definitely outkilled in every way for taste.