From The Admirals Kitchen – Pan Fried Needlefish
For something new and different!
4 large needlefish
1/8 tsp. salt and pepper
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
2 cups flour
1 cup corn meal
1 cup milk
1 egg
oil for frying
Clean needlefish by scaling, removing guts, and taking off head.
Cut into 4 inch pieces and place in bowl in which the whisked egg
and milk have been placed. Sprinkle some of the salt, pepper, and
garlic powder in with the fish. Heat oil to 350°F. Mix flour and
cornmeal together with rest of salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Place needlefish in flour mixture and roll to coat, let sit in mix for a
few minutes. Fry until golden brown. Bones will be green! No
harm, just a phosphate of iron.
They are good.
Needle Fish Information!!!
The Keeltail Needlefish, Platybelone argalus, whose common Spanish name is Agujón de Quilla is a member of the Needlefish or Belonidae Family, known collectively as “agujónes” in Mexico.
The Keeltail Needlefish is one of the more exotic and unique fishes of Mexico and has an extremely elongated cylindrical body that is greenish blue on the upper back that abruptly transitions to silvery well above mid-body. They have very long beaks (25-27% of standard length) and the lower jaw is significantly longer than the upper jaw, and they have small teeth. The tail base is flattened with a large lateral keel, for which it is named, that is at least three times wider than it is deep. The caudal fin is slightly forked and the lower lobe is slightly larger than the upper lobe. The pectoral fins and pelvic fins are short.
The Keeltail Needlefish is an oceanic pelagic found in the first fifteen feet of the water column. They reach a maximum length of 50 cm (19.7 inches). The Keeltail Needlefish are found from San Quintin to Cabo San Lucas along the west coast of Baja, in the southern half of the Sea of Cortez, and along the coast of the mainland from Acapulco south to Guatemala. They are a very rare species and very little is known about their behavior.
Due the unique shape of their tail base and the elongated slender body they cannot be confused with any other Needlefish.
The Keeltail Needlefish is too rare and too small to be of interest to most.
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