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My father works for the coop in Belize (for over 30 years) and fishermen still try to bring in fish fileted that they try to fool them with - such as parrot fish calling it snapper or hogfish (thus the reason that there are fisheries law that a certain percentage of the fish have to be whole) and I have been around many first mates that call fish by a name that sounds appealing to their clients.

And the best Hogfish can be found at the Hogfish Grill on Stock Island in the Florida Keys

OK GailM, which ones have you heard?

got a couple...mahi, silver fin tuna, turbot,monkfish,Goliath Grouper,...

There are generally several Hog fish on night dives at hol chan

Monkfish known as the "poor man's lobster" - when the retailers placed it in the seafood cabinets and labelled it "monkfish" no one would buy it ( ever seen one of those things? - UGLY!!!). So, like all good marketing types do, they renamed it to something more palatable ( no pun intended). But damned if I can remember now what it was. Sales skyrocketed.

Oh, BTW, it's also known as lawyerfish

Goosefish another name?

Ohhhh KLC Law is going to filet ya'now....

NAH- a lawyer is a freshwater burbot a/k/a eelpout. Google the eelpout icefishing contest in MN. Walker,Mn I think

I can't wait Rhon! Coffee's brewing!!!

monkfish was the re-name in Jersey from "angler fish"(got a little fishin' pole on its head it waves around to attract little fish) goosefish or headfish. Still doesn't sell that well in thi area probably cause it don't taste that great.

Hogfish is really really good...very white meat (they feed on crustaceans) and taste like lobster. If you are snorkel in Hol Chan you are bound to see one. Spend some time following one around and you may experience their color change which can be from silvery white with blotches to a deep red with a darkened head down to mouth.

The best rename for a fish by the first mates on boats along the east coast is porgy...they call them silver snappers. Or even dolphin (fish) - most chose to call them mahi. And who wants to eat a speckled hind - now call it a strawberry grouper and it will sell.