At Tsukiji Market we are seeing many autumn seafood like oysters, wakasagi for deep-frying, and finally sanma for grilling with salt. Some of our favorite sashimi this time of year include katsuo, isaki, and if you get a kawahagi with a big liver we will mix the liver with soy sauce and dip the sashimi in the creamy mixture. Many of the fishy fish like saba, iwashi, and aji are in abundance.
Akagarei 赤鰈 flathead flounder (Hippoglossoides dubius)
Amadai 赤甘鯛 tilefish (Branchiostegus japonicas)
Ayu 鮎 sweet fish (Plecoglossus altivelis)
Bora 鰡 flathead mullet or Gray mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Chidai 血鯛 crimson sea bream (Evynnis japonica)
Hon kamasu 本カマス barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis)
Hon kawahagi 本皮剥 thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer)
Hon shishamo 本ししゃもcapelin or longfin smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
Ibodai疣鯛 Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala)
Isaki 伊佐木threeline grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum)
Itoyori イトヨリgolden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus)
Kaki 牡蠣 oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
Katsuo 鰹 skipjack tuna or oceanic bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Kohada 小鰭 gizzard shad (Konosirus pumctatus)
Kurumaebi 車海老 Japanese tiger prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicas)
Maaji 真鯵 horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicas)
Maiwashi 真鰯 sardine (Sardinops melanostictus)
Masaba真鯖 pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
Mebachi maguro 目鉢鮪 bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
Medai 目鯛 butterfish (Hyperoglyphe japonica)
Mekajikiめかじき swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Sanma 秋刀魚 Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
Sawara さわら Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
Shirosake 白鮭 chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
Sujiko筋子 salmon roe still in the sac
Surume ika スルメイカJapanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
Tachiuo 太刀魚 cutlassfish or largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)
Takabe タカベ yellow-striped butterfish (Labracoglossa argentiventris)
Wakasagi 若細魚 Japanese smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
Warasaワラサ yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata)
Watarigani 渡蟹 swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus)
Other fish you may see in the market
Ainame 鮎魚女fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii）
Akagai 赤貝 ark shell (Scapharca broughtonii)
Asari 浅利 Japanese littleneck clams (Ruditapes philippinarum)
Ayu 鮎 ayu or sweet fish ( Plecoglossus altivelis)
Hotate 帆立貝 scallops (Patinopecten yessoensis)
Hoya ホヤ sea squirt (Halocynthia roretzi)
Kihada maguro 黄肌鮪 yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Kinki 黄血魚 thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir)
Kinmedai or kinme 金目鯛 splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
Kurumaebi 車海老 Japanese tiger prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicas)
Maaji 真鯵 horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicas)
Madai 真鯛 sea bream (Pagurus major)
Makarei 真鰈 Japanese common flounder (Pleuronectes yokohamae)
Mebaru 目張 rockfish (Sebastes inermis)
Mirugai 海松食 geoduck (Tresus keenae)
Sazae 栄螺 turban shell (Turbo cornutus)
Tairagai 平貝 penshell (Atrina (Servatrina) pectinata)
Tobiuo 飛魚 flying fish (Cypselurus agoo agoo)
Tsubugai 螺貝 whelk (Buccinum undatum)
