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The fish knife was preceded in the 18th century by a silver fish slice (also known as fish trowel, fish carver, and fish knife [2] ), [1] a broad tool used for serving fish (thus yet another name, fish server ), pudding, [3] and other soft desserts . At the turn of the 19th century, the originally symmetric and broad blade of the serving fish ...
Fish slice. Silver fish slice, 1814–15 by W & S Knight, Victoria and Albert Museum. A fish slice is a kitchen utensil with a wide, flat blade with holes in it, used for lifting and turning food while cooking. [1] It may be called a slotted spatula or a turner [2] or flipper. [3] The utensil was originally designed as a serving piece rather ...
Notopteridae. The family Notopteridae contains 10 species of osteoglossiform (bony-tongued) fishes, commonly known as featherbacks and knifefishes. These fishes live in freshwater or brackish environments in Africa and South and Southeast Asia . With the denotation of "knifefish", the notopterids should not be confused with Gymnotiformes, the ...
Type species. Gymnotus carapo. Linnaeus, 1758. Despite the name, the Electric Eel is a type of knifefish. The Gymnotiformes / dʒɪmˈnɒtɪfɔːrmiːz / are an order of teleost bony fishes commonly known as Neotropical knifefish or South American knifefish. They have long bodies and swim using undulations of their elongated anal fin.
The clown featherback ( Chitala ornata ), also known as the clown knifefish and spotted knifefish, is a nocturnal species of tropical fish with a long, knife-like body. This knifefish is native to freshwater habitats in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Thailand, and Vietnam, [ 2] but it has also been introduced to regions outside its ...
Electrophorus. Gymnotus. The naked-back knifefishes are a family ( Gymnotidae) of knifefishes found only in fresh waters of Central America and South America. All have organs adapted to electroreception. The family has about 43 valid species in two genera. [1] These fish are nocturnal and mostly occur in quiet waters from deep rivers to swamps.
Black ghost knifefish. The black ghost knifefish ( Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family ( Apteronotidae ). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where they range from Venezuela to the Paraguay – Paraná River, including the Amazon Basin. [ 2] They are popular in aquaria.
The debabōchō first appeared during the Edo period in Sakai. It is designed to behead and fillet fish. Its thickness, and often a more obtuse angle on the back of the heel allow it to cut off the heads of fish without damage. The rest of the blade is then used to ride against the fish bones, separating the fillet.