Category fish

What are Mollusks The term molluscs identifies a group of marine, terrestrial or aquatic beings, characterized by a soft body; they have neither a skeleton nor a carapace, they breathe through gills and their bloodstream has a heart. Regarding reproduction, some molluscs are hermaphrodites and others are distinguished by separate sexes

Generality The octopus (or musk octopus) are fishery products similar to the octopus; not by chance they are also called "sand octopus". The baby octopus belong to the Phylum of the Molluscs, Cephalopods Class, Octopod Order, Octopodidae family, Genus Eledone , Muscat species; therefore, the binomial nomenclature of the dormice is Eledone moschata

What are What are mussels? Mussels or mussels are marine animals widely used for food purposes. These are invertebrates, more precisely bivalve molluscs (lamellibranchs) of the biological order Mytiloida and the Mytilidae family. The most common species are two: Mytilus galloprovincialis - Mediterranean Sea - and Mytilus edulis - Atlantic Ocean

Generality Hake is a product of peach (sea fish) belonging to the Order Gadiformes , family Merluccidae, Genus Merluccius , Species merluccius ; the binomial nomenclature of hake is Merluccius merluccius L. The hake is NOT cod, although the two fish are very similar in morphology, nutritional characteristics and culinary applications

Generality Cuttlefish black is the ink used for defensive purposes by the cephalopod molluscs of the Sepiidae family (commonly known as cuttlefish). In various parts of the world, including Italy, cuttlefish ink is a very popular food; freshly extracted, it is considered a product of great gastronomic value

What's this What is the moray? Murena - also known as the Mediterranean moray, or "roman eel" in English - is the name of a bony fish traditionally used for food purposes, but which has become almost obsolete on Italian tables. There are many different species of moray eels - all from the Murenidae and Genus Muraena biological families - distributed throughout most of the planetary seas

What's this What is the look? The look ( O. melnaura ; in English "saddled seabream") is an edible and abundant bony sea fish both in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Basin. Poor fish by definition, many consider the look like a blue fish; however, returning to the Sparidae family, it has greater relevance in the white fish category - such as the bream, bream, snapper, salpa, tanuta, pagro, bream, pezzogna etc

Generality Ombrina is a bony sea fish, belonging to the Sciaenidae family and to the Genus Umbrine (binomial nomenclature: Umbrina cirrosa ). It is widespread throughout the Italian coast but, despite boasting excellent organoleptic and taste characteristics, it falls into the category of low consumption foods

Generality The sea bream is a bony sea fish belonging to the family Sparidae, Genus Sparus, Species aurata ; the binomial nomenclature is Sparus aurata L. Morphologically, the bream is stocky and not very tapered, with a convex profile on the head and more elongated near the tail; it has a more slender shape than the bream but less tapered than the sea bass

Omega 3: What they are Notes on what are essential fatty acids and omega 3; functions in the body Thanks to the numerous media campaigns, nowadays everyone knows that mackerel is a blue fish rich in essential fatty acids (AGE) omega 3 and, as such, should be consumed regularly. So far nothing new. However, have you ever wondered what the role of omega 3 essential fatty acids is