Species sheet · The Edible Ocean
Haddock
The devil's thumbprint and flesh that flakes.
- Breaded or fried
- Smoked
- Poached in butter
- In French
- Aiglefin
- Scientific name
- Melanogrammus aeglefinus
- In the water
- A bottom-dwelling fish of the north-east Atlantic and North Sea, between 10 and 450 m deep.
- Season & buying
- Availability varies by stock; check origin and season.
- Common length
- ~35 cm
- How to identify it
- Black blotch above the pectoral fin
Dark, continuous lateral line
Small barbel on the chin
On the plate
White, delicate, slightly sweet flesh that flakes easily.
Avoid: Drying it out while cooking: the flesh becomes powdery.
The dark patch behind its head is sometimes called the devil's thumbprint in maritime folklore.
In Umay recipes
2 Umay recipes call for it.
