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MackerelThe Atlantic mackerel swims with a punctuality that has earned it the Latin name punctualis piscis, or punctual fish, moving from warm to cold waters with…
HerringIn 1274, while lying on his deathbed at the monastery of Fossanova south of Rome, the great theologian Thomas Aquinas asked for fresh herring to regain his…
SardineThe name sardine does not originate from the fish itself, but from a red gemstone known as sardonyx or sard, which was prized in ancient times for its…