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a fish so good-looking the seafood counter lies about its identity constantly.
means A name for various fish, most famously the red snapper, valued for eating — though the label gets slapped on plenty of cheaper fish at the counter.
from From "snap" plus the agent suffix "-er" — literally "the one that snaps," a nod to the fish's quick, snapping bite and the sharp shutting of its jaws. The "snap" itself is an old word of imitative origin, possibly from Dutch or Low German "snappen" (to seize, bite), the sound and the action rolled into one. The same root snaps up the turtle, the photograph, and the brisk cold of a winter morning.
- name fraud
- Most US restaurant red snapper is something else entirely
- long haul
- Can live over fifty years on a reef
- loud mouth
- Named for the sharp snapping sound it makes
- deep down
- Some species lurk hundreds of feet underwater
- color shift
- Their famous red fades fast after death
mutton snapper florida keys — reef fish found in florida waters, popular sport fish with 16-inch minimum size limit
yellowtail snapper caribbean — deep-water snapper species from bahamas to brazil, prized in cuban and dominican cuisine