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Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by JoeAltmaier on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:10PM (#30726924)
Tilapia certainly does refer to (almost) any whitefish. Over 100 different fish are called 'tilapia'. Because their flesh is white, and they cannot pass as a more valuable fish.

For comparison, there are 8 species of salmon. We eat maybe two of them.

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Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by phonypc on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:00PM (#30728083)
Most of those 100 fish are not eaten at any great scale. If you ask someone for examples of whitefish, you're going to get answers like cod, haddock, pollock etc. None of which are tilapia. Tilapia arguably isn't even an example of whitefish.
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Re:Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "... by Turing_Machine on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:52PM (#30728011)
> Over 100 different fish are called 'tilapia'

All of which are cichlids.

That's a long way away from "any whitefish".

"Whitefish" most commonly refers to cod and pollock, not tilapia.

And we eat every species of salmon, not just two.

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