Threadfin
Polynemidae
Kosher
Has fins and scales
Fins
Yes
Scales
Yes
Description
Threadfin has prized, silvery flesh used in tropical seafood cooking, and it is one fish processed into crab sticks.
Threadfins live in warm, shallow water over muddy, sandy, or silty bottoms in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide. They handle a wide range of salinity and move into estuaries and rivers, and the Pacific threadfin is farmed in open-ocean cages in Hawaii.
Also known as
- Barbu
- Blue Bobo
- Moi
Kosher Threadfin in foreign languages
| Scientific | Polynemidae |
| Hebrew | פולינמיים |
| Arabic | خيطية الزعانف |
| Portuguese | Polinemídeos |
| German | Fadenflosser |
| Russian | Пальцепёрые |
| Chinese | 馬鮁科 |
| Japanese | ツバメコノシロ科 |
| Korean | 날가지숭어과 |
| Vietnamese | Họ Cá vây tua |
| Thai | วงศ์ปลากุเรา |
| Indonesian | Kuro |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- Kosher. Threadfins are ray-finned fish with fins and scales.