Yellowtail Bacteria

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I think hamachi topped out at 10 kilos, above that was something like "budo" (or close, I forget).

Tokyo area:

WAKASHI(8inch size)
INADA(16inch size)
WARASA(24inch size)
BURI(32inch Over)

Osaka area:

TSUBASU(8inch size)
HAMACHI(16inch size)
MEJIRO or MEBARU(24inch size)
BURI(32inch Over)

The reason why they start calling "farm raised BURI"as "Hamachi"
is size of fish are all those HAMACHI size (16inch).
They don't wait till fish become big,because small fish are easy to handle and transporting.

However,YTL we see here from Mexican water to So.ca.
are NOT none of those above!

Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) are called "HIRAMASA"in Japanese.
They are same as Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) in Australia.
HIRAMASA and BURI look similar though,but HIRAMASA fight more
than BURI.That's why HIRAMASA is most popular jigging target fish in Japan.

Those Hamachi(either farm raised or wild) we eat at Sushi place
are "Seriola quinqueradiata".but they call them Yellowtail as well in English.

Excuse my jap-english 8)