Re: NANFA-- RE: Non-palatable fish

B.G. Granier (bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:56:08 -0500

Do you know where that specific flesh coloration originates? Is it diet, or
something else. Isn't the blood hemoglobin based, ie: red gills?

Or what?

Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Tiemann" <jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Non-palatable fish

> Most greenlings flesh is of a green color. They are quite tastey.
> The lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) can reach 5 ft and 100 lbs. While I
> lived in AK, a buddy caught a lingcod that went ~40 lbs. It is a
> gnarly fish with razor sharp teeth. I caught a few smaller
> greenlings (don't know what species), and most had a green flsh, but
> a couple had a bluish tint. If you want to know more about this
> fish, give me a shout.
>
> JT
>
> >The Alaskan Green Ling Cod........I'm serious!
> >
> >Ate some myself while in the Army up there.
> >
> >It's an ugly fish, maybe like the Wolf-eel.........don't know the
scientific
> >name.
> >
> >BG
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <EELReprah_at_aol.com>
> >To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:26 PM
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Non-palatable fish
> >
> >
> >> In a message dated 9/23/02 5:25:27 PM, bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net
writes:
> >>
> >> << Did ya'll know that there is a fish of North America that sometimes
has
> >> emerald green flesh when raw?
> >> >>
> >>
> >> No, BG. What fish is that?
> >>
> >> Lee Harper
> > > Media, PA
>
> --
> Jeremy Tiemann
> Illinois Natural History Survey
> Center for Biodiversity
> 607 E. Peabody Dr.
> Champaign, IL 61820
> Phone: (217) 244-4594
> Fax: (217) 333-4949

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