Seafood Seafood Abalone is the American English variant of the Spanish name [Abulón] used for various species of shellfish ( mollusks) from the Haliotidae family ( genus Haliotis). The abalones belong to the large class of gastropods ( Gastropoda). There is only one genus in the family Haliotidae, and about four to seven subgenera. The taxonomy is somewhat confused. The number of species range from about 100 to about 130 species (due to the occurrence of hybrids), characterized by a richly coloured (on the inside--the outside is rough and mostly brown) shell yielding mother-of-pearl. This is also commonly called ear-shell, in Guernsey ormer (Fr. ormier, for oreille de mer), perlemoen in South Africa and paua in New Zealand. Abalone is also prevalent in Australian and South African coastal waters and is highly valued. The meat of an abalone is also considered an expensive delicacy in SE Asia, although it has a high cholesterol content. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abalone"
Arbroath Smokies are a type of lightly smoked small haddock – a speciality of the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arbroath Smokie"
Bacalhau means codfish in Portuguese. It almost always refers to dry, salted codfish; the fresh fish is rarely consumed in Portugal. Bacalhau is common in Portugal and Brazil, but it is considered a delicacy and often only eaten in special occasions. It is typically served in Portuguese and Brazilian homes on Christmas Eve. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacalhau"
Baccalà is Italian for dried, salted cod. Most baccalà dishes require that the fish be soaked numerous times to remove excess saltiness. It is the same word as Portuguese bacalhau, and Spanish bacalao, which are similar dishes. Baccalà alla Vicentina, a dish native to Vicenza is salted cod served on or next to polenta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baccalà"
Beche-de-mer is a kind of big sea cucumber (genus Holothuria) that is eaten in China, Japan, and Indonesia. It is eaten dried or smoked for use as an ingredient in soup. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beche-de-mer"
Beluga caviar consists of the roe (or eggs) of the Beluga sturgeon found primarily in the Caspian Sea. It can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. This fish is currently considered to be endangered, causing the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to ban the importation of Beluga caviar. ** Beluga is also the most expensive of caviars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beluga caviar"
The Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is a small crustacean found in the waters off the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. There is also a blue crab on the island St. Francois, Seychelles. In its scientific name, calli is Greek for "beautiful", nectes for "swimmer", and sapidus is Latin for "savory". ...more on Wikipedia about "Blue crab" The view on shortopedia.
Bottarga is an Italian delicacy, usually of Sicilian or Sardinian origin but in fact common in all Mediterranean area. The name comes from Arabic butarikh (بطارخ) ("salted fish eggs"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bottarga"
Caviar is the processed, salted roe of various species of fish, most notably sturgeon. It is commercially marketed throughout the world as a delicacy and is eaten principally as a garnish or spread, as with hors d'oeuvres. The name caviar comes from the Persian word خاگآور (Khag-avar) which means "the roe-generator". This name in Persian is actually used to denote the sturgeon itself and its product, the roe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caviar"
Ceviche (or cebiche, from Quechua "siwichi") is the national dish of Peru. It is also part of the Mexican cuisines and it is popular in Central America and other parts of South America, especially Ecuador. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ceviche"
Clams are shelled marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia. The term "clam" has no taxonomic significance in biology, but is often used to refer to any bivalve (a mollusc whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells) that is not an oyster, mussel, or a scallop, and that has a more-or-less oval shape. An exception is the razor clam, which has an elongate shell that suggests an old-fashioned straight razor. Clams can live to be up to 150 years old -- or perhaps longer (science suspects that some larger quahogs found off the East Coast of the US may be 200 years old). ...more on Wikipedia about "Clam"
Cockles are the family Cardiidae of bivalve mollusks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cockle"
Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in ...more on Wikipedia about "Cod"
The genus Strombus is made up of the true conches (pronounced "konk") in the family Strombidae. A conch is a sea creature, a mollusk, and more specifically, a marine gastropod. Still, it should be noted that many other gastropods have common names using conch, such as the Horse Conch ( Pleuroploca gigantea). ...more on Wikipedia about "Conch"
In Asian cuisine, especially in Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine, a conpoy is a dried scallop used in cooking. It contains rich amino acids, such as glycine, alanine, glutamic acid and taurin, and nucleic acids such as inosinic acid, and minerals, such as calcium and zinc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conpoy"
The term crab is often applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapod crustaceans with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, and horseshoe crabs are, despite superficial similarities, not crabs at all. Hermit crabs, king crabs and porcelain crabs belong to the Anomura and can be distinguished from true crabs by counting the legs - in Anomura, the last pair of pereiopods (walking legs) is hidden inside the carapace and so only four pairs are visible (counting the claws), whereas uninjured true crabs always have five visible pairs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crab"
A crab cake (or crabcake) is a patty made from crab meat and cracker or bread crumbs, held together with eggs and/or mayonnaise, similar to meatloaf. They may also contain other ingredients and flavorings, such as chopped onion. Usually, the meat is finely separated before being used for crab cakes. They are typically pan-fried. Crab cakes are especially well known in the state of Maryland, but other regional variations exist as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crab cake"
Crayfish, sometimes called crawfish, lobsters, crawdads, mudbugs, carmels, yabbies, or spoondogs, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. They are found in bodies of fresh water that do not freeze to the bottom, which are not polluted, and which have shelter against predators. Some crayfish have been found living as much as 3 m (10 feet) underground. The study of crayfish is called astacology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crayfish"
Cured salmon and other fish recipes have been found in many cultures stretching from the people of early to modern Scandinavia to the Native Americans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cured salmon"
The edible crab (Cancer pagurus) is a species of crab found in the North Sea, North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. It is also referred to as Cromer crab, because it is commonly caught around the Norfolk coastal town of Cromer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edible crab"
A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded) water-dwelling vertebrate with gills. There are over 27,000 species of fish, making them the most diverse group of vertebrates. Taxonomically, fish are a paraphyletic group whose exact relationships are much debated; a common division is into the jawless fish (class Agnatha, 75 species including lampreys and hagfish), the cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes, 800 species including sharks and rays), with the remainder classed as bony fish (class Osteichthyes). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fish" The Ultimate www.shortopedia.com Machine. Seafood
Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish. This oil naturally contains the Omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Fish oil is now recommended for a healthy diet. It is beneficial to eat fish once a week (or more) but care must be taken to avoid the fish species which contain the toxin mercury or other contaminants such as Chlordane. The list of fish includes: Largemouth Bass, Sturgeon, and others such as Shark, Swordfish, King Mackerel, and Tilefish. Note that these species are often predators, which can accumulate toxic substances due to their position at the top of the food chain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fish oil"
Fishsticks or fish fingers are a processed food made using a white fish such as cod which have been battered and/or breaded. They are commonly available in the frozen food section of Western supermarkets, and on children's menus in family-oriented restaurants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fishstick"
The Florida stone crab, Menippe mercenaria, is found in the western North Atlantic, from North Carolina to Belize, including Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and the Bahamas. They are available for harvest from October 15 until May 15. No harvesting may be done outside these dates. Only one claw at a time may be taken and the crab is returned to the ocean to grow another claw for later years. During the 1960s, the species was almost exterminated by overfishing. An eight-year moratorium was imposed and the population was restored. ...more on Wikipedia about "Florida stone crab"
The flower crab (Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue swimming crab or as sand crab) is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries of the Indian and Pacific oceans (Asian coasts) and the Middle-Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The former name is used in east Asian countries while the latter names are used in Australia. The crabs are widely distributed in eastern Africa, south-east Asia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flower crab" Just http://www.shortopedia.com way
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