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cernia

English translation: grouper

11:05 Dec 13, 2006
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Other
Italian term or phrase: cernia
The dictionary gives me "grouper" but is there a more common name for this fish. What would it be called at a fish market ?
simona dachille
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:48
English translation:grouper
Explanation:
Ingredients: 400 grams of rice, 2 dried red peppers, 3 bulbs of garlic, ¼ litre of oil, 2 ripe tomatoes, ½ Kilo of grouper, 1 mullet from the Mar Menor (½ ...
www.marmenor.net/htm/english/eyv/gastronomia/recetas.php - 19k - Copia cache - Pagine simili

[PDF] Donald Richard Nelson: The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever MetFormato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
spear a hundred kilo of grouper, working for hours on. end, free diving in 20 m of water. In those days, gaso-. line was 7 cents a liter and filleted ...

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Cristina Giannetti
Local time: 12:48
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4 +4grouper
Cristina Giannetti
4 +2sea-bass
Valentina Pecchiar
4 +1Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
Gian


  

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grouper


Explanation:
Ingredients: 400 grams of rice, 2 dried red peppers, 3 bulbs of garlic, ¼ litre of oil, 2 ripe tomatoes, ½ Kilo of grouper, 1 mullet from the Mar Menor (½ ...
www.marmenor.net/htm/english/eyv/gastronomia/recetas.php - 19k - Copia cache - Pagine simili

[PDF] Donald Richard Nelson: The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever MetFormato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
spear a hundred kilo of grouper, working for hours on. end, free diving in 20 m of water. In those days, gaso-. line was 7 cents a liter and filleted ...



Cristina Giannetti
Local time: 12:48
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kimberly Wastler: Yum!
8 mins
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: Yes! 65 recipes here: http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=grouper
12 mins
agree  Nicole Johnson: You would see the name grouper at a market.
19 mins
agree  Ivana UK: grouper and cernia are generic names covering various fish: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernia
1 day 3 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)


Explanation:
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6...

Epinephelus marginatus
Cernia

Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
Famiglia: Serranidae (Serranidi), subfamily: Epinephelinae picture (Epmar_u8.jpg) by Minguell, C.

AquaMaps | Mappa dei ritrovamenti
Ordine: Perciformes (Perciformi)
Classe: Actinopterigi (pesci con pinne raggiate)
Nome FishBase: Dusky grouper
Dimensione massima: 150 cm TL (maschio/sesso non determinato; Ref. 12382); Peso massimo pubblicato: 60.0 kg (Ref. 5222); Età massima riportata: 50 anni


Gian
Italy
Local time: 12:48
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 48

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agree  silvia b (X)
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sea-bass


Explanation:
If the very species is not essential you may go for sea-bass (or wild sea-bass, to emphasize it's not a farmed fish), a "cousin" of cernia (*) maybe more common in fish markets and restaurants

(*) http://www.cedifop.it/biologia/Cernia.htm - http://www.cedifop.it/biologia/Branzino.htm

Valentina Pecchiar
Italy
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fabiola Mancinelli: mi suona di più questa soluzione: la si incontra anche più spesso nei menu dei ristoranti
2 hrs
agree  eride: concordo anche con Fabiola, il mio ex compagno, chef, lo traduceva sea-bass
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