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The size and shape of a large cotton reel, these little sweet, spiced mutton pies are a golden brown, with crispy pastry and a moist, sweet interior. They can be eaten as an hors d'oeuvre, with a salad or as a dessert. They are cooked in patisseries all over the town, but their origin is far from local.
In Central America it is known as gaspar and in Mexico it is known as pejelagarto, a contraction of the words "pez" (fish) and "lagarto" (alligator). This gar inhabits a wide range of fresh and brackish water habitats such as rivers, floodplains , lakes and pools, but avoids areas with a strong current. [ 5 ]
Pescado frito (lit. ' fried fish ' in Spanish ), also called pescaíto frito ( lit. ' fried little fish ' in Andalusian dialect), is a traditional dish from the Southern coast of Spain , typically found in Andalusia , but also in Catalonia , Valencia , the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands .
The genus name Pomoxis literally means "sharp cover", referring to the fish's spiny gill covers (opercular bones). [5] It is composed of the Greek poma (πῶμα, cover) and oxys (ὀξύς, "sharp").
The body form of roosterfish is elongate and fusiform in shape. They have wide bands of simple teeth lining the inside of their pointed head. Their dorsal fin always has seven spines and a separate section of 25 soft rays, the anal fin has two spines and 15 soft rays, the pectoral fin has 16 soft rays that are very long and curved.
Location of the Yoro department. The lluvia de peces (lit. ' rain of fish '), also known as aguacero de pescado (lit. ' downpour of fish '), [1] [2] a form of rain of animals, is a phenomenon that has been occurring yearly for more than a century in Yoro, Honduras, in which fish are said to fall from the sky.