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pesce lesso

/PEH-sheh LEHS-soh/
[Italian] plural peschi lessi

Boiled fish

pesce lucertola

/PEH-sheh loo-chehr-TOH-lah/
[Italian]

Lizard fish, so named because of the shape of its head. It adds good flavour to soups.

pesce lupo

/PEH-sheh LOO-poh/
[Italian] plural peschi lupi

Wolf-fish. Marine catfish. A fish of northern waters. It is medium oily and white-fleshed. Since it eats shellfish, its own flavour is good. Its jaws are strong and it has a blunt head which lend to its unattractive appearance and which is why it is normally sold filleted or in cutlets. It has few small bones and can be used in the same way as monkfish (US: angler fish), in stews or grilled. It is sometimes sold as rock salmon or rock turbot.

pesce martello

/PEH-sheh mahr-TEHL-loh/
[Italian] plural peschi martelli

Hammerhead shark which, when young and small, are sometimes cut into steaks which are grilled.

pesce osseo

/PEH-sheh ohs-SEH-oh/
[Italian]

Bony fish

pesce pagliaccio

/PEH-sheh pah'LYAH-chyoh/
[Italian] plural peschi pagliacci

Clown fish

pesce palla

/PEH-sheh PAHL-lah/
[Italian]

Puffer fish. Globefish. Swell fish.

pesce pappapallo

/PEH-sheh pahp-pah-PAHL-loh/
[Italian] plural peschi pappapalli

Parrot fish. Their teeth fuse to form a sort of beak which they use for scraping the corals amongst which they live.

pesce pavone

/PES-sheh pah-VOH-neh/
[Italian]

A name in Campania for the porbeagle or mackerel shark. A member of the shark family common in the Atlantic. It grows to 4 meters (13 ft) in length. It has good flavour and texture and is grilled in the form of steaks.

pesce persico

/PEH-sheh PER-see-koh/
[Italian] plural peschi persichi

Perch. A fish caught in Lake Como and Lake Maggiore. This versatile fish may be poached, fried, or even cut up and used in risottos.