List of types of sushi

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Sushi comes in many varieties.

See also sushi, Japanese cuisine

A La Carte Sushi

The following are sushi types which are just rice and the named item:

aji -- horse mackerel

akagai -- ark shell

ama-ebi -- raw shrimp

buri -- adult yellowtail

chuutoro -- marbled tuna belly

ebi -- boiled shrimp

hamachi -- young yellowtail

hamaguri -- clam

hamo -- pike conger; sea eel

hatahata -- sandfish

hikari-mono -- various kinds of "shiny" fish, such as mackerel

himo -- "fringe" around an ark shell

hirame -- flounder

hokkigai -- surf clam

hotategai -- scallop

ika -- squid

ikura -- salmon roe

inada -- very young yellowtail

kaibashira -- eye of scallop or shellfish valve muscles

kaiware -- daikon-radish sprouts

kajiki -- swordfish

kani -- crab. Also refers to imitation crab

kanpachi -- very young yellowtail

karei -- flatfish

katsuo -- bonito

kazunoko -- herring roe

kohada -- gizzard shad

kuruma-ebi -- "black shrimp" - prawn

maguro -- tuna

makajiki -- blue marlin

masu -- trout

meji (maguro) -- young tuna

mekajiki -- swordfish

mirugai -- surf clam

negi-toro -- tuna belly and chopped green onion

ni-ika -- squid simmered in a soy-flavored stock

nori-tama -- sweetened egg wrapped in dried seaweed

otoro -- fatty portion of tuna belly

saba -- mackerel

sake -- salmon

sawara -- Spanish mackerel

sayori -- (springtime) halfbeak

seigo -- young sea bass

shako -- mantis shrimp or "squilla"
shima-aji -- another variety of aji
shime-saba -- mackerel (marinated)
shiromi -- seasonal "white meat" fish
suzuki -- sea bass
tai -- sea bream
tairagai -- razor-shell clam
tako -- octopus
tamago -- sweet egg custard wrapped in dried seaweed
torigai -- cockle
toro -- choice tuna belly
tsubugai -- Japanese "tsubugai" shellfish
uni -- sea urchin roe

Maki Sushi

The following are sushi which are rolled, usually in nori:

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