Vonoz-Gaco

#nm_0344📍 Turkish Marmara

Language: Turkish
Transliteration: Vonoz-Gaco
IPA: /voˈnoz ɡaˈdʒo/

Compound of two names for the smallest bonito: vonoz + gaco vonoz: from Ottoman Turkish ونوس vonos, from Greek βόνος vónos (small mackerel or bonito); in Turkish a general term for the small fry of mackerel, chub mackerel and sardine gaco: origin uncertain; recorded in İstanbul as torik yavrusu (young bonito) (Uysal 2011)

Migratory - prized in autumn season. Often confused with 'tombik' at fish markets. Select slightly curved ones for freshness.