Corvina
| [Yellowfish, Yellow Croaker,
Larimichthys polyactis]
See the entry for Yellow Croaker for the confusion surrounding this fish. The photo specimen was 12 inches long and weighed 14 ounces. This fish is highly prized by Koreans. Korean markets carry them as "Corvina" (Spanish for croaker), frozen, dried, salted and cooked, generally smaller ones around 8 inches long. This one can easily be identified by the rows of yellow spots on it's underside and the rounder face. |
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The scales are medium size and scrape off easily. It fillets easily but the rib bones are so weak they break off with the fillet - you can pick them off with your long nose pliers with little trouble. A 1 pound fish will yield about 8-1/2 oz of bone-free fillet (53%). The skin has little shrink so you can fry fillets skin-on, which is good because it's not easy to remove the tender skin. The flesh is tender, mild flavored and nearly white. This fish bakes very well and with so little skin shrink it looks good. It is, however, very tender so you'll have to serve it "as baked". If you try to disassemble it it'll break up. The head and bones make a good mild stock with little oil. |
