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Golden Threadfin Bream
- Slender pink-red body
- Distinct yellow stripe along the side
- Pointed head and forked tail
Seafood
Golden Threadfin Bream
A slender pink-red Golden Threadfin Bream with a distinct yellow longitudinal stripe.
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3 identity clues
- Slender pink-red body
- Distinct yellow stripe along the side
- Pointed head and forked tail
Names in other languages
- 繁體中文
- 紅衫魚（紅衫）
- English
- Golden Threadfin Bream
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Golden Threadfin Bream (紅衫魚) — ikan merah muda bergaris kuning
- Tagalog
- Golden Threadfin Bream (紅衫魚) — kulay rosas na isda na may dilaw na guhit
Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): hung4 saam1 jyu4 No Cantonese voice on this device
What is it?
AFCD maps 紅衫魚 to Golden threadfin bream, Nemipterus virgatus; Hong Kong markets also shorten it to 紅衫.
How to identify it
Check the slender pink body, yellow line from head toward tail, pointed head and forked tail; red colour alone is insufficient.
Common confusion
- elongate silvery body
- forked tail
- four free pectoral filaments must be clearly visible
How to identify it
Golden Threadfin Bream is slender with a yellow stripe; groupers are more robust, larger-mouthed and variably patterned. Fourfinger threadfin must show, or be labelled for, four free pectoral filaments; body colour alone does not distinguish it from golden threadfin bream.
Common Hong Kong household uses
Confirm the dish, quantity and cut with the employer before preparation, then cook thoroughly.
Choosing & preparing
Keep raw seafood separate from cooked food, use separate boards and knives, wash hands and contact surfaces, clean it for its type, and cook thoroughly.
Storage
Refrigerate promptly in a covered container at 4°C or below, under cooked food. Fresh fish has clear full eyes, red moist gills and firm flesh; discard cloudy or sunken eyes, brown dry gills, soft flesh or a strong off-odour.
Helper tip
Check the whole form, freshness and stall label; if uncertain, photograph it for the employer.
What Ma’am or Sir may say
買兩條紅衫魚，劏好。The employer wants this seafood item and requires the fish or shellfish and stall label to be checked.
Useful market phrase
唔該要兩條紅衫。Meaning: Two Golden Threadfin Bream, please.
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Sources (9)
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department — Public Market Items - Fish
- Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department — AFCD FISHERMEN DIARY
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department — Fish Cantonese pinyin
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department — Public Market Items Multilingual Booklet
- Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety — Seafood Safety and Hygiene
- Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety — Store - Five Keys to Food Safety
- Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety — Prevention of Cross-contamination
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department / Centre for Food Safety — CFS COOK REHEAT
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — FAO Species Identification Sheet — Nemipterus virgatus (Golden Threadfin Bream)