I could tell the difference between red snapper and tilapia. I dislike this fish and the texture doesn't seem quite snapper like(at least the times I had it). W

I could tell the difference between red snapper and tilapia. I dislike this fish and the texture doesn't seem quite snapper like(at least the times I had it). When I moved to the us for school I was surprised to find it on the menu at restaurants instead of snapper. I tend to not like it when restaurants try to pass off one fish for another to me. In the Caribbean a restaurant gave me marlin instead of sword. I think just about anyone would be able to tell the difference since sword can be a much much softer flesh fish. I lived in the Caribbean where my grandfather depended on the sea. Fishing for a living. He caught only these reef fishes. My father a retired sea captain, bought a fishing boat and fished mainly yellow fin tuna but of course marlin and sworn would end up on his lines as by catch. I think a lot of people here in the Caribbean who still eat fish would be able to differentiate between cooked fish. Blue tangs fried are my favourite reef fish...sorry Dory.