鲍鱼的单位一直是个谜。。。直到被朋友踩呀-踩呀-踩--呀---踩。。。
其实啊, 鲍鱼 abolone,同鱼毫无关系,倒跟田螺之类沾亲带故。它是海洋中的单壳软体动物,只有半面外壳,壳坚厚,扁而宽,形状有些像人的耳朵,所以也叫它"海耳"。螺旋部只留有痕迹,占全壳的极小部分。
壳的边缘有9个孔,海水从这里流进,排出,连鲍的呼吸、排泄和生育也得依靠它。但头并不是孔啦!
十頭即指一斤內有十個;两头就是一斤两头咯。頭數越少,鮑魚越大,亦越昂貴。須注意香港與中國內地之「斤」定義有別,在 香港一斤為600公克、中國內地一市為500公克斤,同稱「十頭」之鮑魚於內地會較細小,不少港人因此誤會內地商店欺騙顧客。
附上鲍鱼的种类∶
* Haliotis ancile : Shield Abalone.
* Haliotis aquatilis : Japanese Abalone.
* Haliotis asinina : Ass’s ear Abalone.
* Haliotis assimilis : Threaded Abalone.
* Haliotis australis : Australian Abalone, Austral Abalone.
* Haliotis brazieri : Brazier’s Abalone.
* Haliotis coccoradiata : Reddish-rayed Abalone.
* Haliotis conicopora : Conical Pore Abalone, Brownlip Abalone
* Haliotis corrugata : Pink Abalone.
* Haliotis crachedorii : Black Abalone.
* Haliotis sorenseni : White Abalone
* Haliotis crebrisculpta : Close Sculptures Abalone.
* Haliotis cyclobates : Whirling Abalone.
* Haliotis dalli : Dall’s Abalone.
* Haliotis discus : Disk Abalone.
* Haliotis diversicolor : Variously Coloured Abalone.
* Haliotis dohrniana : Dhorn’s Abalone.
* Haliotis elegans : Elegant Abalone.
* Haliotis emmae : Emma’s Abalone.
* Haliotis ethologus : Mimic Abalone.
* Haliotis fulgens : Green Abalone.
* Haliotis gigantea : Giant Abalone.
* Haliotis glabra : Glistening Abalone.
* Haliotis hargravesi : Hargraves’s Abalone.
* Haliotis howensis : Lord Howe Abalone.
* Haliotis iris : Blackfoot Abalone.
* Haliotis iris : Rainbow Abalone, Paua Abalone.
* Haliotis jacnensis : Jacna Abalone.
* Haliotis kamschatkana : Pinto Abalone.
* Haliotis laevigata smooth : Australian Abalone, Greenlip Abalone.
* Haliotis melculus : Honey Abalone.
* Haliotis midae : Midas Ear Abalone, Perlemoen Abalone.
* Haliotis multiperforata : Many-holed Abalone.
* Haliotis ovina : Oval Abalone, Sheep's Ear Abalone
* Haliotis parva : Canaliculate Abalone.
* Haliotis planata : Planate Abalone.
* Haliotis pourtalesii : Pourtale’s Abalone.
* Haliotis pulcherrima : Most Beautiful Abalone.
* Haliotis queketti : Quekett’s Abalone.
* Haliotis roei : Roe's Abalone
* Haliotis rosacea: Rosy Abalone.
* Haliotis rubra : Ruber Abalone.
* Haliotis rufescens: Red Abalone.
* Haliotis scalaris : Staircase Abalone, Ridged Ear Abalone.
* Haliotis semiplicata : Semiplicate Abalone.
* Haliotis sorenseni : White Abalone.
* Haliotis spadicea : Blood-spotted Abalone.
* Haliotis speciosa : Splendid Abalone.
* Haliotis squamata : Scaly Australian Abalone.
* Haliotis squamosa : Squamose Abalone.
* Haliotis tuberculata : European Edible Abalone, Tube Abalone, Tuberculate Ormer.
* Haliotis varia : Variable Abalone.
* Haliotis venusta : Lovely Abalone.
* Haliotis virginea : Virgin Abalone.
* Haliotis walallensis : Northern Green Abalone, Flat Abalone.