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Pixmaker > wrote:

> I recall reading (somewhere) that Orange Roughy was considered a
> "nuisance fish" or a "junk fish" having no commercial value. In fact,
> I believe Auistralians called it a "slimehead."
>
> And then—a name change!
>
> This may not be true but it's an interesting story.


I doubt it's true.

Howevar, it is true that "Chilean Sea Bass" is known in the fisheries
industry as "Patagonian toothfish".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_toothfish

Miche

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