Seafood

Pomfret (Market Group)

A Hong Kong pomfret market group with deep, thin, oval-to-diamond compressed bodies.

3 identity clues

Deep thin oval-to-diamond body
Short head and small mouth
Long dorsal and anal profiles with narrow tail base

Reading language:

Names in other languages

繁體中文: 倉魚（鯧魚／䱽魚）
English: Pomfret (Market Group)
Bahasa Indonesia: Pomfret (倉魚／鯧魚) — kelompok ikan pipih berbadan lebar
Tagalog: Pomfret (倉魚／鯧魚) — grupo ng malapad at sapad na isda

Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): cong1 jyu4

What is it?

Pomfret is a market group, not one species with one colour; confirm named types such as white or black pomfret from the fish and stall label.

How to identify it

The shared outline is deep and compressed with a short head, small mouth, long dorsal and anal profiles and narrow tail base; colour and tail vary.

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

買一條倉魚，影檔牌俾我睇。

The employer wants this seafood item and requires the fish or shellfish and stall label to be checked.

Useful market phrase

唔該俾我睇倉魚同檔牌。

Meaning: Please show me the Pomfret (Market Group) and the stall sign.

Does the image look correct?

Last reviewed: 2026-08-24

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