What is the difference between whitebait and cod?

Cod is the general name of cod and some fishes of other families of Codiformes, with more than 50 species, which is one of the main edible fish. Cod is native to the cold waters of the North Atlantic from northern Europe to Canada and the eastern United States. At the beginning of the 20th century, the main producers of cod were Canada, Iceland, Norway and Russia, and Japan was mainly in Hokkaido. It has important edible and economic value, but due to overfishing, cod has been listed as an endangered species, and the catch is strictly limited.

Mingtai fish is a kind of fish belonging to the genus Cod, belonging to the suborder Cod, and its official name is Yellow Line Cod. It is distributed in the east coast of the Korean Peninsula and north of the middle part of the west side of Honshu, Japan, around the Sea of Japan, tatar strait, Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea, to the central part of California, the northern part of the North Pacific Ocean and the eastern part of the Yellow Sea. Its living altitude ranges from -400 meters to -30 meters. The type origin of this species is in the Sea of Okhotsk and both sides of kamchatka peninsula. Koreans call it Mingtai Fish, which is a favorite fish of the Korean nation.

Cod refers to more than 50 kinds of cod. Mingtaiyu is another name for "Yellow Line Cod" by Koreans. ("Yellow-line cod" is one of more than 50 kinds of cod)

I'm too lazy to look up the information, so let's talk about their differences. If I knew the difference, I would know if it was a fish.

My hometown is Liaoning, and Mingtai fish is one of the famous Korean side dishes here. Simply put, it is the dried fish of Mingtai fish soaked in water and mixed with Korean hot sauce.

Cod is an important imported fish species, mainly imported from Russia and Europe, and used to make grilled fish fillets. The positioning of the two is completely different.

What they have in common is that all the fish we see have been cleaned, at least the internal organs have been removed, which is completely out of line with the style of the Northeast people. Removing internal organs is not for the convenience of drying, but has an important economic source, so that the fish itself is worthless. This is fish roe, which is the raw material for making caviar.

Relatively speaking, the roe of Mingtai fish is relatively large, which is the size of sorghum grain, and the roe of cod is the size of millet grain. Caviar is sold by the gram, while fish is sold by the catty. It goes without saying who is more valuable, so someone will make great efforts to clean up the fish. Of course, you can't see fish eggs.

Some people say that Russia uses cod as feed, which is impossible. Go to the supermarket and see how much cod costs. And most of the cod in the supermarket are fake, and the real thing can only be found in grilled fish fillets-if you are lucky enough.