July Seasonal Seafood

Following is a list of seasonal seafood for July. Look for these in the market or if you are going out for sushi. Some of our personal favorites include ayu (salted and grilled), shitabirame (meuniere), shijimi (miso soup), benisake (salted and grilled), and for sashimi - surumeika, kinmedai, takabe, and isaki.


Ayu あゆ　鮎 sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis)
Benisake べにさけ　紅鮭 sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Inada いなだ　 鰍 young amberjack (or yellowtail) (Seriola quinqueradiata) wakashi, inada, warasa, buri
Isaki いさき　 伊佐幾 chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum)
Katsuo かつお　鰹 skipjack tuna (or bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Kinmedai きんめだい　金目鯛 splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
Maaji まあじ　真鯵 Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
Mejimaguro めじまぐろ young tuna (genusThunnus) if it is a young bluefin tuna it will be called honmeji, if it is a young yellowfin tuna it will be called kinmeji.
Shijimi しじみ　蜆 Corbicula clams (or water clams) (Corbicula japonica)
Shiro ika しろいか　白烏賊 or Kensaki ika swordtip squid (Loligo edulis)
Shitabirame したびらめ　舌平目 (or ushinoshita) four line tongue sole(Arelia bilineat)
Surumeika するめいか　鯣烏賊 Japanese common squid (or flying squid) (Todarodes pacificus)
Suzuki すずき　鱸 Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus)
Takabe たかべ yellow-striped butterfish (Labracoglossa argentiventris)