Schoolmaster
Kosher
Has fins and scales
Fins
Yes
Scales
Yes
Description
Schoolmaster is a snapper with excellent white flesh, taken by both sport and commercial fishers and usually grilled, fried, or baked whole. It isn't targeted as heavily as some other snappers.
The schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus, lives in the western Atlantic from Bermuda and Florida through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. It stays in shallow water around coral and seagrass, typically from the surface to about 50 meters.
Also known as
- Schoolmaster snapper
- Caji
Kosher Schoolmaster in foreign languages
| Hebrew | מורה |
| Yiddish | מלמד |
| Arabic | مدرس |
| Spanish | Enseñante |
| Portuguese | docente |
| French | Enseignant |
| Italian | Docente |
| German | Lehrer |
| Greek | Διδασκαλία |
| Russian | Учитель |
| Turkish | Öğretmen |
| Chinese | 教师 |
| Japanese | 教員 |
| Korean | 교사 |
| Hindi | शिक्षक |
| Bengali | শিক্ষক |
| Vietnamese | Giáo viên |
| Thai | ครู |
| Indonesian | Guru |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- Kosher. Snappers have fins and scales.
- Eating schoolmaster has been linked to ciguatera poisoning, a toxin that builds up in some large reef fish.