Have been looking for Barramundi fillets but dont know what the Thai name is.

Have found that Rimping Mee Chok has a good variety of frozen fish but have not seen Barramundi there,,,unless its labeled in Thai,

I underdstand it is widely farmed here so it must be about

Edited August 19, 201015 yr by gennisis

Plakapong Kao, but might be labelled as Sea Bass or Sea Perch.

Edited August 19, 201015 yr by Boksida

Plakapong Kao, but might be labelled as Sea Bass or Sea Perch.

Plakapong Khoa is not the same as a barramundi, it is more like a seabass.

Barramundi and seabass are very simmilar, but there are differences. The meat of the sea bass is a little dryer than the barramundi.

(talking about warm water fish) The nose of the sea bass is longer as well.

Plakapong Kao, but might be labelled as Sea Bass or Sea Perch.

Yes that is the correct Thai term (ปลากะพงขาว plaa kaphong khao). As for the English translation, Wiki likes 'Asian seabass.'

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

Latin name: Lates calcarifer

Plakapong Kao, but might be labelled as Sea Bass or Sea Perch.

Plakapong Khoa is not the same as a barramundi, it is more like a seabass.

Barramundi and seabass are very simmilar, but there are differences. The meat of the sea bass is a little dryer than the barramundi.

(talking about warm water fish) The nose of the sea bass is longer as well.

Used to buy barra in the market..no idea what thai name is just bought it by apperance..maybe it was sea bass?

Anyway since then started buying something the wife calls "Tomuk" ( spell?/pronounced phonetically)...lovely fish ...tastes and texture of sea perch used to buy frozen in Europe if I can remember lol..

.worth a try... I think better than barra....and priced below barra at 130-160 baht/kilo

Plakapong Kao, but might be labelled as Sea Bass or Sea Perch.

Plakapong Khoa is not the same as a barramundi, it is more like a seabass.

Barramundi and seabass are very simmilar, but there are differences. The meat of the sea bass is a little dryer than the barramundi.

(talking about warm water fish) The nose of the sea bass is longer as well.

Used to buy barra in the market..no idea what thai name is just bought it by apperance..maybe it was sea bass?

Anyway since then started buying something the wife calls "Tomuk" ( spell?/pronounced phonetically)...lovely fish ...tastes and texture of sea perch used to buy frozen in Europe if I can remember lol..

.worth a try... I think better than barra....and priced below barra at 130-160 baht/kilo

Tomuk?

What colour is the skin?