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The Filet-O-Fish is a fish sandwich sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. [ 3] It was created in 1962 by Lou Groen, a McDonald's franchise owner in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, [ 4][ 5] in response to declining hamburger sales on Fridays due to the practice of abstaining from meat on that ...
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer .
Fillet of iridescent shark. A fish fillet, from the French word filet ( pronounced [filɛ]) meaning a thread or strip, [ 1] is the flesh of a fish which has been cut or sliced away from the bone by cutting lengthwise along one side of the fish parallel to the backbone. In preparation for filleting, any scales on the fish should be removed.
Mahi-mahi. The mahi-mahi ( / ˈmɑːhiːˈmɑːhiː /) [ 3] or common dolphinfish[ 2] ( Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. Also widely called dorado (not to be confused with Salminus brasiliensis, a freshwater fish) and dolphin, it is one of two ...
Cod. Cod ( pl.: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae. [ 1] Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is commonly not called cod ( Alaska pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus ). The two most common species of cod are ...
Grouper. Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes . Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is usually given to fish in one of two large genera: Epinephelus and Mycteroperca.
Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]
Fillet (cut) Fillets of dory, a type of fish. A fillet or filet ( UK: / ˈfɪlɪt /, US: / fɪˈleɪ /; from the French word filet, pronounced [filɛ]) is a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish. The fillet is often a prime ingredient in many cuisines, and many dishes call for a specific type of fillet as one of the ingredients.