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Greenling

Greenling – sea fish from Terpugov' family, group Skorpenoobraznykh. Other names of this fish – a seaТерпуг — рыба семейства Терпуговых lenok, a perch greenling, a greenling. As well as other Terpugovy, these fishes are found packs, for dwelling they prefer to choose benthonic territories. Length of an adult individual of a greenling averages 40 – 50 cm, weight about one and a half kilograms. Many marine mammals eat greenlings.

Outward of this fish – a shape of a body of a splusnut from sides is characteristic, scales small, form wide vertical light and dark strips. A fin on spin of fish gray, continuous, with a black border, one - or dvukhpery. Depending on a kind of a greenling the quantity of sidelines along a trunk makes from 1 to 5. Greenlings in the winter, in shallow water, in swift-flowing water breed. Caviar their sticky, it is pasted to stones. Until appearance of whitebaits the laid caviar is protected by males.

The following subspecies of a greenling meet:

  • Unilinear;
  • Zaytsegolovy;
  • Brown;
  • Japanese;
  • Spotty;
  • Brovasty.

Each subspecies take the morphological features and habitals. There live greenlings in the seas of the Far East, on the coast of Kamchatka, at the Bering Sea. Commercially this fish is got with use of ground trawls and seines. Amateur fishing is conducted on a rod or seines.

Use of a greenling

Thanks to tasty and useful meat a greenling – a valuable trade object. Fish goes on sale in the frozen look, is closer to places of trade – in cooled. Fresh meat of a greenling has a greenish or yellowish shade, than sometimes guards the consumer.

There are many different ways of preparation of this fish. All recipes of preparation are quite simple. From a greenling it is possible to cook a fish soup, to fry it, to salt, pickle, smoke. Meat of a greenling is added to salads. Fishing industry produces the canned food made from a greenling. Carry to advantages of this fish that in her there are not enough bones, and it is easily cleaned before preparation.

And nutritious the greenling turns out very tasty if him to smoke. For smoking of a greenling most often take the frozen fish. Before preparation fish is rubbed with salt and spices. At hot smoking of a greenling his meat turns out juicy andТерпуг холодного копчения fragrant. Such option is suitable for addition in salads, and also as independent snack. As dietary food the greenling can be baked, steamed or with use of a convection oven.

Useful properties of a greenling

Meat of a greenling is a source of protein and irreplaceable amino acids for the person. Useful properties of a greenling are also defined by contents unsaturated an omega-3 of fatty acids. It is known that they prevent emergence of atherosclerotic plaques on walls of vessels, improve activity of cardiovascular system. Positively the regular use of a greenling also affects a condition of a nervous system.

This fish contains vitamins A, C, PP, groups B and microelements molybdenum, chrome, sulfur, iron, bromine, etc. Useful properties of a greenling directly depend on them. During the insufficient work of a thyroid gland meat of a greenling will become a natural source of iodine.

Caloric content of a greenling makes about 102 kcal on 100 g of a product, and varies depending on a way of preparation. Thanks to average values of caloric content of a greenling people who watch the weight can use it.

Harm of a greenling

As sea fish a greenling can sometimes cause individual intolerance which is shown in allergic reactions. The greenling prepared in an oven is not recommended to people with a peptic ulcer and diseases of kidneys.

 
 
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