not too sure there is a real "best eating fish" there is a lot of better ones that only need simple cooking (Whiting, Red Emperor etc) then there are the "lesser' ones that are good for the herbs and spices treatment, then there are some fishcake types, but in general, any quality fish is just as good as someone elses favourite, and a lot of it has to do with how the fish was looked after when it was caught, I can asure you a Snapper left in a hot fishbox all day will not be all that flash on the plate,well that's what I think!