Tried St. Peter's fish for lunch - not that great but the glass of dry white wine was.
This fish is basically Tilapia according to Wikipedia
Tilapia were one of the three main types of fish caught in Biblical times from the Sea of Galilee. At that time they were called musht, or commonly now even "St. Peter's fish". The name "St. Peter's fish" comes from the story in the Gospel of Matthewabout the apostle Peter catching a fish that carried a coin in its mouth, though the passage does not name the fish.[4] While the name also applies to Zeus faber, a marine fish not found in the area, a few tilapia species (Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus and others) are found in the Sea of Galilee, where the author of the Gospel of Matthew recounts the event took place. These species have been the target of small-scale artisanal fisheries in the area for thousands of years.[5][6]
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