The local fish place near me (Fish King in Glendale, CA) often has a
fish that is sometimes labeled "Sea Trout" and sometimes somthing like
trout salmon (not sure I recall the exact wording of the second one).
The side is like a smallish, thin salmon and the flesh resembles salmon
in color and texture. Is this likely to be the fish called masu é±’,
which I think in reference books is called Cherry Salmon or something
like that?

Geoff wrote:
> The local fish place near me (Fish King in Glendale, CA) often has a
> fish that is sometimes labeled "Sea Trout" and sometimes somthing like
> trout salmon (not sure I recall the exact wording of the second one).
> The side is like a smallish, thin salmon and the flesh resembles salmon
> in color and texture. Is this likely to be the fish called masu é±’,
> which I think in reference books is called Cherry Salmon or something
> like that?

Yep, sea trout. To me its like Salmon Lite. It's good, I seem to recall
having it as sushi once a long time ago. But my memory is foggy like the
moors of Scotland.

--
Dan

"Geoff" > wrote in message
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> The local fish place near me (Fish King in Glendale, CA) often has a
> fish that is sometimes labeled "Sea Trout" and sometimes somthing like
> trout salmon (not sure I recall the exact wording of the second one).
> The side is like a smallish, thin salmon and the flesh resembles salmon
> in color and texture. Is this likely to be the fish called masu ?,
> which I think in reference books is called Cherry Salmon or something
> like that?

I see that you hae stumbled upon several fish name problems at once.
In Japan "masu" ? means "trout". Niji masu means literally rainbow trout.
However, the term sake (or shake) ? which means Salmon really refers
to the only the Chum Salmon. The other various pacific salmons, which in
English are
are all called xxx-salmon are usually called xxx-masu in Japanese.
The King salmon (chinook) is called Masu-no-suke.
The Sockeye Salmon is called Beni Masu. (Beni meaning cherry red)

The next problem is the English term "Sea Trout" or "Trout Salmon".
Firstly the term "Sea Trout" in the United States usually refers to an
unrelated foodfish
the Spotted Sea Trout which is actually a kind of Weakfish, having nothing
to do with trout
caught in the southern east coast US-Gulf of Mexico.
In Europe, a sea-run Brown Trout is sometimes called a "Sea Trout" and in
Scandinavia
sometimes called "Trout Salmon". In contrast, in the United States when a
Rainbow Trout
becomes sea run, it is simply called a "Steelhead". Norway does export some
Sea run brown
trout as "Trout Salmon".

If the flesh was orange, salmon-like, then most likely it was a sea-run
brown trout, although
Chilean fish farms are known to export Rainbow trout with bright red meat
and marketed as
steelhead.

Musashi

"Geoff" > wrote in message
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> The local fish place near me (Fish King in Glendale, CA) often has a fish
> that is sometimes labeled "Sea Trout" and sometimes somthing like trout
> salmon (not sure I recall the exact wording of the second one). The side
> is like a smallish, thin salmon and the flesh resembles salmon in color
> and texture. Is this likely to be the fish called masu ?, which I think in
> reference books is called Cherry Salmon or something like that?

I googled and found the following:

http://www.npafc.org/Species/species.htm#cherry
Cherry salmon are one of the smallest in the Oncorhynchus spp. group, and
originate only in Asia. Most of them mature at three or four years of age,
after spending one or more years in rivers and one winter in the ocean.
They return to the natal river in March-May, spend the summer in the river,
and move to headwaters for spawning in the fall. The size of spawners
varies greatly; 35-70 cm or more in length and 0.3-5.0 kg or more in weight.