On Food and Cooking

of the gill and tail. Because the blood contains
both enzymes and reactive hemoglobin iron,
bleeding improves the fish’s flavor, texture,
color, and market life. Workers then clean the
fish while it’s still cold, and may wrap it in
plastic to protect it from direct contact with
ice or air.

Flatfish    Family  Relations

There    are     many    flatfish,   and     even    more

names   for them;   this    list    includes    only    the

more     common.     The     names   are     often

misleading: American    waters  don’t   harbor

true    soles;  some    halibuts    aren’t  halibuts    or

turbots turbots.

True    European    soles

Dover,  English sole Solea  solea

French  sole Pegusa lascaris

Other   European    flatfish