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note: Some of the following animals being exclusively indigenous
to or only eaten in Japan, no English names exist for them! I shall do
my best to find their Latin names!
Ami: Arctic Krill
Ebi: Prawns
Prawn varieties: Akazaebi=Tenagaebi=Shakoebi
(Scampi, Gamba)
Amaebi=Hokkokuamaebi=Morotogeyaebi=Nanbanebi=Shimaebi
=Tongarashioebi (Northern Shrimp, Sweet Shrimp,
Pink Shrimp) (see
picture)
Botanebi=Shirobotanebi=Toyamaebi (see
picture)
(see picture)
Budooebi=Higoromoebi
Gasuebi
Higoromoebi=Budoebi
Isseiebi=Kamakuraebi (Spine lobster)
Hokkoakaebi=Nanbaebi
Kamakuraebi=Isseiebi (Spine lobster)
Katsukurumaebi
Kooebi (shrimp)
Kouraiebi
Kurozakoebi=Gasuebi=Kuroebi
Kurumaebi (Large shrimp, JapaneseShrimp) (see
picture)
Makiebi (Tennenkurumaebi inder 10 cm)
Morotogeyaebi=Shimaebi=Amaebi
Nanbanebi=Hokkoakaebi
Odoriebi
Saimakiebi(young Tennenkurumaebi under 6 cm)
Sakuraebi (Red krill)
Shakoebi=Tenagaebi=Akazaebi
Shibaebi
Shimaebi=Morotogeyaebi=Amaebi
Shirasaebi
Shiroebi
Shirobotanebi =Toyamaebi=Botanebi
Taishooebi
Tenagaebi=Akazaebi=Shakoebi (Scampi, Gamba)
Tennenkurumaebi (Wild large prawn, over 10 cm)
Toyamaebi=Shirobotanebi=Botanebi
Prawn related sushi variety: "Saimakiebi" (two
shrimps arranged like a
bow-tie on top of a rice ball) (see
picture)
Gasaebi (Shako): Squilla, mantis
Shrimp
Kani: Crab
Crab varieties: Hanasakigani
Ibaragani
Kegani
Koubakogani=Suwaigani (Snow Crab)
Mokuzugani
Seikogani
"Seikigani" related ingredient: "Seikogani no naiko"
(Seikogani eggs)
Suwagani=Kounakogani=Mappagani=Echizeugani (Snow Crab, Tanner Crab)
Tarabagani
Watarigani
Crab related ingredients: Kanitsume=Kanibaniku
(Name for unshelled
boiled crab) (see picture)
Kanimiso (Crab innards)
Crab sushi variety: Kani salad no Gunkan (Boiled
crab flesh on rice ball
wrapped with dry seaweed) (see
picture)
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Shako (nicknamed "Garage" in Japan=Gasaebi):
Squilla, Mantis Shrimp
Squilla related ingredient: Shakotsume (name
given to the unshelled
boiled squilla)
Shaku: Squilla variety
Shaku squilla related ingredient: "Shaku no shyokara
" (Shaku squilla
innards)
Uni: Sea Urchin (see
picture)
Sea urchin varieties: Ezobafun-uni
Kitamurashiuni
Murasakiuni
Sea urchin Sushi variety: "Unigunkan" (Sea urchin
roe on top of a rice
ball wrapped with dry seaweed)
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