flying fish eggs – Simultaneously one of the most puzzling and beautiful creatures in the sea, the flying fish is in a class of its own. Well, technically, it’s in a family of its own. Family Exocoetidae encompasses all of the fifty-odd species of flying fish, which are found throughout the world’s temperate and tropical oceans. Flying fish, or tobiuo in Japanese, is exceedingly difficult to find in a U.S. sushi bar. It is only included in this book because the roe of the flying fish, known as tobiko – flying fish eggs, is popular to the point of near ubiquity. Naturally ranging from hazy orange to deep crimson, these…