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shoe

Oct 19, 2006, 7:57 AM

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I buy a lot of fresh fish at the local coop. What I cannot figure out is some of the fish do not look like anything I have seen before. I ask the name and they tell me and I look it up in a dictionary/translator but to no avail. I cannot find out what it is.

Today I bought Palmeta and Chopo!

I wonder what I am eating but they sure are fresh and good.

Anyone got any ideas on where to look for a English name for these fish. I have tried Google but that did not help. Some how I do not think that Rolly covers this like he does other things.

cya,
shoe

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Rolly

Oct 19, 2006, 9:22 AM

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Palmeta = permit or round pompano

Chopo seems to be a local or regional fish name. It's also the Spanish name of one of Santa's reindeer.

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arbon

Oct 19, 2006, 10:44 AM

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Could chopo be a small squid, cuttlefish?
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sioux4noff

Oct 19, 2006, 7:57 PM

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It's also the Spanish name of one of Santa's reindeer

Rolly, you are amazing! What are the other reindeer's names?

Kimpatsu Hekigan

Oct 19, 2006, 8:58 PM

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This site might help in the future, although the two names you asked about are absent...

Pictures and Species Information for Fish Caught in Mexican Waters

HTH,

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Before enlightenment: Chop wood, haul water.
After enlightenment: Chop wood, haul water.

Rolly

Oct 19, 2006, 10:19 PM

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Beto, Chato, Chopo, Cuco, Macuco, Nieto, Pancho y Pepe

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Ron Pickering W3FJW

Oct 19, 2006, 11:06 PM

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What happened to Rudolpho ??
Getting older and still not down here.

Rolly

Oct 20, 2006, 6:20 AM

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Rudolpho was the creation of some song writer. He was not in the original poem.

"And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!"

"Ay Pancho, ay Pepe, ay Cuco, ay Beto,
ay Chato, ay Chopo, Macuco y Nieto!"

What a way to hijack a thread about fish!

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(This post was edited by Rolly on Oct 20, 2006, 8:27 AM)

Ron Pickering W3FJW

Oct 20, 2006, 3:16 PM

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Yeah, I know Rolly. I was just joshing ya. I do like the Mexican names though. Sounds a lot more musical. I just happened to like Gene Autrys song, and always include Rudolpho cause I grew up with him....
Have a great Christmas.
and Thanksgiving,
and Halloween......
Getting older and still not down here.

patricio_lintz

Oct 21, 2006, 5:57 PM

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What is Cazon'? I thought shark, but it is tiburon. Rolly, anybody? Maybe it has two names.

Rolly

Oct 21, 2006, 6:19 PM

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Cazon = a kind of shark = dogfish shark; sometimes written tiburon cazon

Tiburon = shark in general

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patricio_lintz

Oct 21, 2006, 7:31 PM

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Thanks. I have eaten it in restaurants and it's OK. Mostly white meat with a streak of soft red in the filet.

sparks

Oct 22, 2006, 6:20 AM

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If you order “fish and chips” in Europe, for example, you’ll probably be eating spiny dogfish shark meat.

http://www.mbayaq.org/...hOri=1&inhab=482

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arbon

Oct 22, 2006, 9:29 AM

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"If you order “fish and chips” in Europe, for example, you’ll probably be eating spiny dogfish shark meat."

"Dog Fish" is called "Rock Salmon" in England, so you would only get it, if you specifically ordered rock saman' and chips.

Instead of :

Place, Haddock, Cod, Cod roe, Sole, Skate, Huss, Whiting, ETC'
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