Yellowtail is the English translation for “hamachi “in the Japanese restaurants. However the Japanese have tons of names for fish, and “hamachi” only means the young yellow tail.
Variants of Yellowtails incluide:
Hiramasa: Yellowtail amberjack
Inada (very young yellowtail)
Buri(old yellowtail)
Yellowtail is a kind of shiromi(white meat fish) and is one of the milder tasting fish among all sashimi fish and you should probably eat it first in a sushi or sashimi ...
