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What freshwater fish, besides salmon, are made into sashimi?

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Salmon are a saltwater fish. Except for artificially stocked landlocked salmon. Once salmon enter the rivers their meat degrades and becomes soft . They don't use it for shashimi at least quality shashimi. The only popular freshwater fish used for shashimi is tilapia . Many freshwater fish contain parasites are are not used for shashimi at all. read more

Freshwater fish is riskier than saltwater fish, and salmon is thought to be particularly risky: It can be infected with tapeworms in addition to freshwater trematode parasites. Raw salmon is sometimes brined and vinegared when served raw, but this does not adequately kill any parasites. read more

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