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2008 FDA Seafood Complete List

The FDA Market Name generally should be used to label seafood products. For guidance in selecting appropriate Market Names, consult the Seafood List Guidance.

An asterisk (*) next to the FDA Market Name or the Scientific Common Name indicates that a specific rule or regulation applies to that species. A regulation number refers to the applicable section of the Regulation cited. If there is no listed market name follow the Seafood List Guidance for selecting an appropriate market name.

An RFE link with the Scientific Name provides access to Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia images and data for that species.

The Type column indicates Vertebrate (V) or Invertebrate (I).

The Vernacular (regional) names are included only for reference.



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I Krill   Krill Thysanoessa inermis  
I Oyster   New Zealand Dredge Oyster Tiostrea lutaria  
I Clam, Pismo   Pismo Clam Tivela stultorum  
I Squid or Calamari   European Flying Squid Todarodes sagittatus  
V Tun   Giant Tun Tonna galea  
V Ray, Electric   Pacific Electric Ray Torpedo californica  
V Drum   Totoaba Totoaba macdonaldi  
V Turtle   (Slider Turtles) Trachemys spp.  
V Pompano or Permit   Palometta Permit Trachinotus kennedyi  
V Pompano   Paloma Pompano Trachinotus paitensis  
V Mackerel, Jack   Rough Scad Trachurus lathami  
V Turbot   diamond turbot Pleuronichthys guttulatus   
V Turbot   Spotted Turbot Pleuronichthys ritteri  
V Turbot   Hornyhead Turbot Pleuronichthys verticalis  
I Conch   Horse Conch Pleuroploca gigantea  
V Roughback Whiskered Fish or Whiskered Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Hardhead Sea Catfish (*) Plicofollis crossocheilos  
I Moonsnail   Northern Moonsnail Polinices heros  
I Moonsnail     Polinices spp.  
I Barnacle   Goose Barnacle Pollicipes cornucopia  
V Threadfin   Pacific Threadfin Polydactylus approximans  
V Threadfin   Atlantic Threadfin Polydactylus octonemus  
V Threadfin   Giant African Threadfin Polydactylus quadrifilis  
V Threadfin   Paradise Threadfin Polynemus paradiseus  
V Bass, Sea   Wreckfish Polyprion americanus  
V Bass, Sea   Groper Polyprion oxygeneios  
V Sea Bass   Sea Bass Polyprion yanezi  
V Grunt   Burro Grunt Pomadasys crocro  
V Grunt   Panamic Grunt Pomadasys panamensis  
I Crab, Swimming   Swimming Crab Portunus puber  
I Crab, Swimming   Swimming Crab Portunus tuberculosus  
V Bigeye   Red Bigeye Priacanthus macracanthus  
V Puffer   Longnose Puffer Sphoeroides lobatus  
V Puffer   Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus  
V Puffer   Blunthead Puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster  
V Puffer   Least Puffer Sphoeroides parvus  
V Puffer   Bandtail Puffer Sphoeroides spengleri  
V Barracuda   Vicuda Sphyraena ensis  
V Barracuda   Pickhandle Barracuda Sphyraena jello  
V Shark or Hammerhead   Great Hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran  
V Mackerel, Jack   Inca Scad Trachurus murphyi  
V Scad   Blue Scad Trachurus picturatus  
V Cutlassfish   Atlantic Cutlassfish Trichiurus lepturus  
V Sandfish     Trichodon spp.  
V Sole   Scrawled Sole Trinectes inscriptus  
V Sole   Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus  
V Hatchetfish   Hatchetfish Triportheus albus  
V Hatchetfish   Elongate Hatchetfish Triportheus elongatus  
I Sea Snail   Sea Snail Trophon geversianus  
I Top Shell   Top Shell Turbo cornutus  
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V Croaker   Yellowfin Croaker Umbrina roncador  
V Goatfish   Dwarf Goatfish Upeneus parvus  
V Hake   Gulf Hake Urophycis cirrata  
V Hake   Carolina Hake Urophycis earllii  
V Hake   Southern Hake Urophycis floridana  
V Lyretail   White-edged Lyretail Variola albimarginata  
V Grouper   Yellow-edged Lyretail Variola louti  
I Clam, Littleneck   Golden Carpet Shell Venerupis aureus  
I Clam, Littleneck   Grooved Carpet Shell Venerupis decussata  
I Clam, Littleneck   Japanese Littleneck Clam Venerupis philippinarum  
V Bream   Mozambique Large-eye Bream Wattsia mossambica  
I Seabob   Atlantic Seabob Xiphopenaeus kroyeri  
V Sole or Flounder   Fantail Sole Xystreurys liolepis  
V Guitarfish   Banded Guitarfish Zapteryx exasperata  
V Tang     Zebrasoma spp.  
V Dory   Buckler Dory Zenopsis conchifera  
I Scallop   Southern Queen Scallop Zygochlamys delicata  
V Picarel   Blotched Picarel Spicara maena  
V Smelt   Night Smelt Spirinchus starksi  
I Oyster     Spondylus spp.  
V Sprat   Sprat Sprattus sprattus  
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Northern Dogfish Squalus blainville  
V Drum   Star Drum Stellifer lanceolatus  
V Porgy   Longspine Porgy Stenotomus caprinus  
V Bass   Giant Sea Bass Stereolepis gigas  
I Conch   Florida Fighting Conch Strombus alatus  
I Conch   Milk Conch Strombus costatus  
I Conch   West Indian Fighting Conch Strombus pugilis  
I Conch     Strombus spp.  
I Sea Urchin     Strongylocentrotus spp.  
V Needlefish   California Needlefish Strongylura exilis  
I Sea Squirt or Tunicata     Styela clava  
I Sea Squirt or Tunicata     Styela plicata  
V Snapper   Chinamanfish Symphorus nematophorus  
V Bass   Blackmouth Bass Synagrops bellus  
I Clam, Razor   Jackknife Clam Tagelus dombeii  
I Clam, Razor   Stout Tagelus Tagelus plebeius  
I Clam, Littleneck   Banded Carpet Shell Tapes rhomboides  
I Clam, Littleneck   Shortneck Clam Tapes variegata  
V Pomfret   Pomfret Taractes rubescens  
I Shad or Hilsa   Hilsa Shad Tenualosa ilisha  
V Puffer   (Swellfishes) Tetraodon spp.  
V Spearfish   Longbill Spearfish Tetrapturus pfluegeri  
V Therapon   Largerscaled Grunter Perch Therapon theraps  
V Anchovy   New Jersey Anchovy Thryssa encrasicholoides  
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Blackfin Tuna Thunnus atlanticus  
V Flyingfish   Sailfin Flyingfish Parexocoetus brachypterus  
V Argentine Queenfish   Argentine Queenfish Parona signata  
V Goatfish   Gold Saddle Goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomus  
I Limpet   Limpet Patella caerulea  
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I Scallop   Scallop Pecten albicans  
I Scallop   Great Scallop Pecten jacobaeus  
I Scallop   Giant Scallop Pecten maximus  
V Carp   Ziege     Pelecus cultratus      
I Shrimp     Penaeus spp.  
V Croaker   White Croaker Pennahia anea  
V Bream   Threadfin Bream Pentapodus caninus  
V Butterfish   Gulf Butterfish Peprilus burti  
V Duckbill   Brazilian Duckbill Percophis brasiliensis  
V Searobin   Armored Searobin Peristedion miniatum  
V Hake   Longfin Hake Phycis chesteri  
I Scallop   Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus  
V Croaker   Silver Croaker Plagioscion squamosissimus  
V Flathead or Opal fish   Deepwater Flathead Platycephalus conatus  
V Coroata   Coroata Platynematichthys notatus  
V Guitarfish   Thornback Platyrhinoidis triseriata  
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Brown Sweetlips Plectorhinchus gibbosus  
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Yellowbanded Sweetlips Plectorhinchus lineatus  
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Oriental Sweetlips Plectorhinchus orientalis  
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Oriental Sweetlips Plectorhinchus vittatus  
V Grouper   Squaretail Coralgrouper Plectropomus areolatus  
V Grouper   Leopard Coralgrouper Plectropomus leopardus  
V Grouper     Plectropomus spp.  
I Shrimp   Argentine Red Shrimp Pleoticus muelleri  
I Shrimp, Royal   Royal Red Shrimp Pleoticus robustus  
V Rockfish   Chameleon Rockfish Sebastes phillipsi  
V Rockfish   Redstripe Rockfish Sebastes proriger (RFE)  
V Rockfish   Grass Rockfish Sebastes rastrelliger  
V Rockfish   Yellowmouth Rockfish Sebastes reedi  
V Rockfish   Greenblotched Rockfish Sebastes rosenblatti  
V Rockfish   Dwarf-red Rockfish Sebastes rufinanus  
V Rockfish   Halfbanded Rockfish Sebastes semicinctus  
V Rockfish   Treefish Sebastes serriceps  
V Rockfish   Pinkrose Rockfish Sebastes simulator  
V Rockfish   Honeycomb Rockfish Sebastes umbrosus  
V Jack   Pacific Moonfish Selene peruviana (RFE)  
V Jack   Atlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnis  
V Sheephead   California Sheephead Semicossyphus pulcher (RFE)  
V Chub   Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus  
I Cuttlefish   (Common Cuttlefish) Sepia spp.  
I Squid or Calamari   Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea  
V Perch, Ocean   Redfish or Ocean Perch Serranus scriba  
I Cockle or Cockle Clam   Greenland Cockle Serripes groenlandicus  
I Shrimp, Rock   Brown Rock Shrimp Sicyonia brevirostris  
V Spinefoot or Streaked Spinefoot   Bluespotted Spinefish Siganus javus (RFE)  
V Spinefoot   (Rabbitfishes) Siganus spp.  
I Clam, Razor   Atlantic Razor Siliqua costata  
I Clam, Surfclam   Hatchet Surfclam Simomactra dolabriformis  
I Clam, Surfclam   Hooked Surfclam Simomactra falcata  
I Clam, Surfclam   Flat Surfclam Simomactra planulata  
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I Clam, Razor or Grooved Razor   Grooved Razor Solen marginatus  
I Clam, Razor   Rosy Jackknife Solen rostriformis  
I Clam, Razor   Green Jackknife Solen viridis  
V Loach   Gongota Loach Somileptus gongota  
V Parrotfish   Redtail Parrotfish Sparisoma chrysopterum  
V Parrotfish   Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride  
V Bream   Gilt Headed Bream Sparus aurata  
V Long Whiskered Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Long Whiskered Catfish (*) Sperata aor  
V Puffer   Bullseye Puffer Sphoeroides annulatus (RFE)  
V Puffer   Marbled Puffer Sphoeroides dorsalis  
I Whelk   Veined Rapa Whelk Rapana venosa  
V Perch, Pile   Pile Perch Rhacochilus vacca  
V Dace   (Mongrel Daces) Rhinichthys spp.  
V Guitarfish   Atlantic Guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus  
V Guitarfish   Shovelnose Guitarfish Rhinobatos productus  
V Eel, Conger   Yellow Conger Rhynchoconger flavus  
V Eel, Conger   Whiptail Conger Rhynchoconger gracilior  
V Rita   Rita Rita rita  
I Oyster   Sydney Rock Oyster Saccostrea cuccullata  
V Flounder   Ali Flounder Samariscus triocellatus  
I Clam, Sanguin   Atlantic Sanguin Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta  
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Australian Bonito Sarda australis  
V Lizardfish   Lizardfish Saurida elongata  
I Clam, Butter   Butter Clam Saxidomus gigantea  
I Clam, Butter   Washington Clam Saxidomus nuttalli  
V Sturgeon   Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus  
V Sturgeon   Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus  
V Carp   Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus     
V Parrotfish   Blue Parrotfish Scarus coelerus  
V Parrotfish   Blue-barred Parrotfish Scarus ghobban  
V Parrotfish   Princess Parrotfish Scarus taeniopterus  
V Whiskerfish (*) FD&C 403(t) Couma Sea Catfish (*) Sciades couma  
V Mackerel, Spanish   Japanese Seer Scomberomorus niphonius  
V Mackerel, Spanish   Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus tritor  
V Flounder   Brill Scophthalmus rhombus  
V Scorpionfish   California Scorpinfish Scorpaena guttata (RFE)  
I Crab, Swimming or Mud Crab or Mangrove Crab or Serrated Swimming Crab   Serrated Swimming Crab Scylla serrata  
I Lobster, Slipper   Spanish Slipper Lobster Scyllarides aequinoctialis  
I Lobster, Slipper   Brazilian Slipper Lobster Scyllarides brasiliensis  
I Lobster, Slipper   Ridged Slipper Lobster Scyllarides nodifer  
I Lobster, Slipper     Scyllarides spp.  
V Rockfish   Rougheye Rockfish Sebastes aleutianus (RFE)  
V Perch, Ocean   Pacific Ocean Perch Sebastes alutus (RFE)  
V Rockfish   Brown Rockfish Sebastes auriculatus (RFE)  
V Rockfish   Aurora Rockfish Sebastes aurora  
V Rockfish   Redbanded Rockfish Sebastes babcocki  
V Rockfish   Shortraker Rockfish Sebastes borealis  
V Rockfish   Silvergray Rockfish Sebastes brevispinis (RFE)  
V Scorpionfish   False Jacopever Sebastes capensis  
V Rockfish   Copper Rockfish Sebastes caurinus  
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V Rockfish   Greenspotted Rockfish Sebastes chlorostictus  
V Rockfish   Black & Yellow Rockfish Sebastes chrysomelas  
V Rockfish   Dusky Rockfish Sebastes ciliatus  
V Rockfish   Calico Rockfish Sebastes dallii  
V Rockfish   Greenstriped Rockfish Sebastes elongatus  
V Rockfish   Puget Sound Rockfish Sebastes emphaeus  
V Rockfish   Swordspine Rockfish Sebastes ensifer  
V Rockfish   Pink Rockfish Sebastes eos  
V Rockfish   Bronzespotted Rockfish Sebastes gilli  
V Rockfish   Squarespot Rockfish Sebastes hopkinsi  
V Rockfish   Freckled Rockfish Sebastes lentiginosus  
V Rockfish   Semaphore Rockfish Sebastes melanosema  
V Rockfish   Blackgill Rockfish Sebastes melanostomus  
V Flounder   Gulf Flounder Paralichthys albigutta  
V Flounder or Fluke   Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma  
V Flounder   Patagonian Flounder Paralichthys patagonicus  
V Flounder   Broad Flounder Paralichthys squamilentus  
I Crab, King (*) CFR 102.50 Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus  
I Crab, King (*) CFR 102.50 Blue King Crab Paralithodes platypus  
V Croaker   Peruvian Croaker Paralonchurus peruanus  
V Cod   Maori Cod Paranotothenia magellanica  
V Sea Bass   Pacific Creolefish Paranthias colonus  
V Sole or Flounder   Rock Sole Paraplagusia bilineata  
V Drum or Cubbyu   Cubbyu Pareques umbrosus  
I Barnacle   Pico Megabalanus psittacus  
I Krill   Krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica  
I Shrimp   Caramote Prawn Melicertus kerathurus  
I Shrimp   Western King Prawn Melicertus latisulcatus  
I Shrimp   Eastern King Prawn Melicertus plebejus  
I Crab, Stone   Gulf Stone Crab Menippe adina  
I Crab, Stone   Florida Stone Crab Menippe mercenaria  
I Lobsterette or Baby Lobster or Scampi or Deep Sea Lobster or Bay Prawn   Lobsterette Metanephrops challengeri  
I Lobsterette   Lobsterette Metanephrops thomsoni  
V Triggerfish   Triggerfish Meuschenia scaber  
V Sole   Thickback Sole Microchirus variegatus  
V Bass   Suwannee Bass Micropterus notius  
V Bass   Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus  
V Bass   Guadalupe Bass Micropterus treculii  
V Sole or Flounder   Deepsea Sole Microstomus bathybius  
I Scallop   Atlantic Scallop Mimachlamys varia  
V Manta   Devil Ray Mobula hypostoma  
V Manta   Spinetail Mobula Mobula japanica  
V Manta   Smoothtail Mobula Mobula thurstoni  
I Mussel   Bearded Horse Mussel Modiolus barbatus  
I Mussel   Northern Horse Mussel Modiolus modiolus  
V Ling, Mediterranean   Spanish Ling Molva macrophthalma  
V Filefish   Fringed Filefish Monacanthus ciliatus  
I Top Shell   Top Shell Monodonta turbinata  
V Bream   Humpnose Big-eye Bream Monotaxis grandoculis  
V Perch, White   White Perch Morone americana  
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V Bass   Yellow Bass Morone mississippiensis  
V Searobin   Lumpfish Searobin Prionotus stephanophrys  
V Snapper   Wenchman Pristipomoides aquilonaris  
V Snapper   Cardinal Snapper Pristipomoides macrophthalmus  
V Jobfish   Goldbanded Jobfish Pristipomoides multidens  
V Jobfish   Sharptooth Jobfish Pristipomoides typus  
V Sawfish   Largetooth Sawfish Pristis pristis  
V Curimbata   Curimbata Prochilodus lineatus  
V Flyingfish   Bluntnose Flyingfish Prognichthys gibbifrons  
V Croaker   Blackspotted Croaker Protonibea diacanthus  
I Clam, Littleneck   Thin-shell Littleneck Clam Protothaca tenerrima  
V Turbot   Spring Turbot Psettodes bennettii  
V Potasi   Indian Potasi Pseudeutropius atherinoides  
I Sea Urchin     Pseudocentrotus spp.  
V Armorhead   Longfin Armorhead Pseudopentaceros wheeleri   
V Sand Perch   Namorado Sandperch Pseudopercis numida  
V Sandperch   Argentinian Sandperch Pseudopercis semifasciata  
V Cod, Morid   Rock Cod Pseudophycis barbata  
V Cod, Morid   Morid Cod Pseudophycis breviuscula  
V Sorubi   Spotted Sorubim Pseudoplatystoma corruscans  
V Sorubim or Pintado   Barred Sorubim Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum  
V Croaker   Flathead Captainfish Pseudotolithus typus  
V Goatfish   Bigscale Goatfish Pseudupeneus grandisquamis  
V Goatfish   Spotted Goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus  
V Goatfish     Pseudupeneus spp.  
V Fanfish   Pacific Fanfish Pteraclis aesticola  
V Fusilier   Goldband Fusilier Pterocaesio chrysozona  
V Porgy   Panga Pterogymnus laniarius  
V Searobin   Spotted Gurnard Pterygotrigla picta  
V Barb   Olive Barb Puntius sarana  
V Catfish   Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris  
V Skate   Big Skate Raja binoculata  
V Skate   Clearnose Skate Raja eglanteria  
V Skate   California Skate Raja inornata  
V Skate   Longnose Skate Raja rhina  
V Skate   Starry Skate Raja stellulata  
V Skate   Roundel Skate Raja texana  
V Frog   (True Frogs) Rana spp.  
V Slipmouth or Ponyfish   Common Ponyfish Leiognathus equulus  
I Barnacle     Lepas spp.  
V Turtle   (Ridley Sea Turtles) Lepidochelys spp.  
V Escolar or Oilfish   Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (RFE)  
V Cusk-eel   Blackedge Cusk-eel Lepophidium brevibarbe  
V Cusk-eel   Mottled Cusk-eel Lepophidium jeannae  
V Cusk-eel   Fawn Cusk-eel Lepophidium profundorum  
V Boga   Boga Leporinus obtusidens  
V Threadfin   Indian Threadfin Leptomelanosoma indicum  
V Cutlassfish   Smallhead Hairtail Lepturacanthus savala   
V Emperor   Atlantic Emperor Lethrinus atlanticus  
V Emperor   Orange-spotted Emperor Lethrinus erythracanthus  
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V Emperor   Thumbprint Emperor Lethrinus harak  
V Emperor   Sky Emperor Lethrinus mahsena  
V Emperor   Smalltooth Emperor Lethrinus microdon  
V Emperor   Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosus  
V Emperor   Sky Emperor Lethrinus variegatus  
V Emperor   Yellowlip Emperor Lethrinus xanthochilus  
V Skate   Little Skate Leucoraja erinacea  
V Skate   Rosette Skate Leucoraja garmani  
V Skate   Winter Skate Leucoraja ocellata  
V Sole or Flounder   Yellowfin Sole Limanda aspera  
V Flounder or Dab   Common Dab Limanda limanda  
I Crab, Centolla   Centolla Crab Lithodes antarcticus  
I Shrimp   Western White Shrimp Litopenaeus occidentalis  
I Shrimp   Southern White Shrimp Litopenaeus schmitti  
I Shrimp   Blue Shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris  
I Shrimp   Whiteleg Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei  
I Squid or Calamari   Patagonian Inshore Squid Loligo gahi  
I Squid or Calamari   Squid Loligo media  
I Squid or Calamari   Bigeye Squid Loligo ocula  
I Squid or Calamari   European Squid Loligo vulgaris  
I Squid or Calamari   Panama Brief Squid Lolliguncula panamensis  
V Monkfish   Angler Lophius litulon  
V Tilefish or Golden Tilefish   Blue Tilefish Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps  
I Sea Urchin     Loxechinus spp.  
I Crab, Sheep   Sheep Crab Loxorhynchus grandis  
V Snapper   Mullet Snapper Lutjanus aratus  
V Snapper   Amarillo Snapper Lutjanus argentiventris  
V Snapper   Crimson Snapper Lutjanus erythropterus  
V Snapper   Golden Snapper Lutjanus inermis  
V Snapper   Dog Snapper Lutjanus jocu  
V Snapper   Gold-striped Snapper Lutjanus lutjanus  
V Louvar   Louvar Luvarus imperialis  
V Sole   Slender Sole Lyopsetta exilis  
V Snapper   Midnight Snapper Macolor macularis  
V Snapper   Black and White Snapper Macolor niger  
I Clam, Bentnose   Bentnose Macoma Macoma nasuta  
I Shrimp, Freshwater   Giant Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii  
I Clam, Calico   Calico Clam Macrocallista maculata  
I Clam, Venus   Sunray Venus Macrocallista nimbosa  
I Clam, Surfclam   Hen Clam Mactra sachalinensis  
I Clam, Surfclam   Caribbean Winged Surfclam Mactrellona alata  
I Clam, Surfclam   Dish Surfclam Mactromeris catilliformis  
I Clam, Surfclam   Hemphill Surfclam Mactromeris hemphillii  
I Clam, Surfclam   California Surfclam Mactrotoma californica  
I Clam, Surfclam   Fragile Surfclam Mactrotoma fragilis  
I Clam, Surfclam   Bent Surfclam Mactrotoma nasuta  
I Crab, Spider   European Spider Crab Maja squinado  
V Turtle   (Diamondback Terrapins) Malaclemys spp.  
V Skate   Smooth Skate Malacoraja senta  
V Manta   Atlantic Manta Manta birostris  
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V Manta   Pacific Manta Manta hamiltoni  
I Shrimp   Kuruma Prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus  
V Driftfish   Black Driftfish Hyperoglyphe bythites  
V Driftfish   Barrelfish Hyperoglyphe perciformis  
V Smelt   Delta Smelt Hypomesus transpacificus  
I Lobster, Slipper   Japanese Fan Lobster Ibacus ciliatus  
V Catfish   Yaqui Catfish Ictalurus pricei  
V Buffalofish   Black Buffalofish Ictiobus niger  
V Herring   Indian Ilisha Ilisha melastoma  
I Limpet   Rough Keyhole Limpet Diodora aspera  
V Porgy   Silver Porgy Diplodus argenteus  
V Porgy   Spotted Pinfish Diplodus holbrookii  
V Skate   Barndoor Skate Dipturus laevis  
V Skate   Spreadfin Skate Dipturus olseni  
I Coquina   Texas Coquina Donax texasianus  
I Coquina   Variable Coquina Donax variabilis  
V Shad, Threadfin   Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense  
V Eel, Moray   Pebbletooth Moray Echidna peli  
V Weever   Lesser Weever Echiichthys vipera  
I Sea Urchin   Sea Urchin Echinus esculentus  
I Octopus     Eledone spp.  
V Ladyfish   Machete Elops affinis  
V Eel, Moray   Fangtooth Moray Enchelycore anatina  
V Rockling   Fourbeard Rockling Enchelyopus cimbrius  
V Anchovy   Round Headed Anchovy Encrasicholina punctifer  
V Anchovy   European Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus  
V Anchovy   Silver Anchovy Engraulis eurystole  
V Anchovy   Anchoveta Engraulis ringens  
I Clam, Razor   Atlantic Jackknife Ensis directus  
I Clam, Razor   Pod Razor Ensis ensis  
I Clam, Razor   Razor Shell Clam Ensis macha  
I Clam, Razor   Sword Razor Ensis siliqua  
V Cardinalfish or Cardinal Perch   Thicktail Cardinalfish Epigonus crassicaudus  
V Cardinalfish     Epigonus spp.  
V Cardinalfish   Bigeye Cardinalfish Epigonus telescopus  
V Grouper   Gulf Coney Epinephelus acanthistius  
V Grouper   Dusty Tail Grouper Epinephelus bleekeri  
V Grouper   Orange-spotted Grouper Epinephelus coioides  
V Grouper   Spinycheek Grouper Epinephelus diacanthus  
V Grouper     Epinephelus hexagonatus  
V Grouper   Giant Grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus  
V Grouper   Snubnose Grouper Epinephelus macrospilos  
V Grouper   Malabar Grouper Epinephelus malabaricus  
V Grouper   Dusky Grouper Epinephelus marginatus  
V Grouper   Netfin Grouper Epinephelus miliaris  
V Grouper   Comet Grouper Epinephelus morrhua  
V Grouper   Camouflage Grouper Epinephelus polyphekadion  
V Grouper   Oblique-banded Grouper Epinephelus radiatus  
V Gemfish   Domine Epinnula magistralis  
V Croaker or Corvina   Shortfin Weakfish Isopisthus remifer  
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V Sole or Flounder   Butter Sole Isopsetta isolepis  
V Sailfish   Sailfish Istiophorus platypterus  
V Shark, Mako   Longfin Mako Shark Isurus paucus  
I Crab, Spider   New Zealand Spider Crab Jacquinotia edwardsii  
V Stargazer   Smooth Stargazer Kathetostoma averruncus  
V Sheatfish     Kryptopterus limpok  
V Sheatfish (*) FD&C 403(t) (Glass Catfishes) (*) Kryptopterus spp.  
V Aholehole   Hawaiian Aholehole Kuhlia sandvicensis  
V Chub   Yellow Chub Kyphosus incisor  
V Calbasu   Calbasu Labeo calbasu  
V Rohu   Rohu Labeo rohita  
V Trunkfish   Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter  
V Longfin Codling or Morid Cod   Longfin Codling Laemonema longipes  
V Puffer   Oceanic Puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus  
I Conch   Spider Conch Lambis lambis  
V Drum   Banded Drum Larimus fasciatus  
V Shark or School Shark   School Shark Galeorhinus galeus  
I Clam, Pacific or White   Solid Sanguin Clam Gari solida  
V Catla   Catla Gibelion catla  
V Goby   Tank Goby Glossogobius giuris  
I Bittersweet or Dogcockle   Decussate Bittersweet Glycymeris decussata  
I Bittersweet or Dogcockle   Bittersweet Glycymeris glycymeris  
I Bittersweet or Dogcockle   Bittersweet Glycymeris laticostata  
I Cockle   Dock Cockle Glycymeris pilosa  
I Bittersweet or Dogcockle     Glycymeris spp.  
I Cockle   Violet Bittersweet Glycymeris violacescens  
V Trevally   Golden Trevally Gnathanodon speciosus  
V Eel, Conger   Hardtail Conger Gnathophis cinctus  
V Morwong   Magpie Morwong Goniistius gibbosus  
V Morwong or Moki   Red Moki Goniistius spectabilis  
V Shad   Indian River Shad Gudusia chapra  
V Sole   Naked Sole Gymnachirus melas  
V Sea Bream   Blue-lined Large-eye Bream Gymnocranius grandoculis  
V Bream   Blue-lined Large-eye Bream Gymnocranius grandoculis  
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Dogtooth Tuna Gymnosarda unicolor  
V Eel, Moray   Spotjaw Moray Gymnothorax mareei  
V Eel, Moray   Goldentail Moray Gymnothorax miliaris  
V Eel, Moray   Brown Moray Gymnothorax unicolor  
V Grunt   Smallmouth Grunt Haemulon chrysargyreum  
V Grunt   Prieta Mojarra Haemulon scudderii  
I Abalone   Threaded Abalone Haliotis assimilis  
I Abalone   Pink Abalone Haliotis corrugata  
I Abalone   Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii  
I Abalone   Green Abalone Haliotis fulgens  
I Abalone   Giant Abalone Haliotis gigantea  
I Abalone   Pinto Abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana  
I Abalone   Greenlip Abalone Haliotis laevigata  
I Abalone   Pourtale Abalone Haliotis pourtalesii  
I Abalone   Roe's Abalone Haliotis roei  
I Abalone   Blacklip Abalone Haliotis rubra  
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I Abalone   Red Abalone Haliotis rufescens  
I Abalone   White Abalone Haliotis sorenseni  
I Abalone   Tube Abalone Haliotis tuberculata  
I Abalone   Flat Abalone Haliotis walallensis  
I Shrimp or Prawn   Jack-knife Prawn Haliporoides sibogae  
V Sardine   Scaled Sardine Harengula jaguana  
V Herring   Flatiron Herring Harengula thrissina  
I Merex   Merex Haustellum brandaris  
I Murex     Haustellum spp.  
I Sea Urchin     Heliocidaris spp.  
I Snail or Escargot   Escargot Helix pomatia  
V Seabass   Splittail Bass Hemanthias peruanus  
V Red Mystus     Hemibagrus wyckioides  
V Perch   Zebra Perch Hermosilla azurea  
V Stinging Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Stinging Catfish (*) Heteropneustes fossilis  
V Sole or Flounder   Bigmouth Sole Hippoglossina stomata  
V Flounder   Bering Flounder Hippoglossoides robustus  
V Flyingfish   Fourwing Flyingfish Hirundichthys affinis  
V Flyingfish   Blackwing Flyingfish Hirundichthys rondeletii  
V Flyingfish   Cuvier's Flyingfish Hirundichthys speculiger  
V Squirrelfish   Longspine Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus  
I Lobster   American Lobster Homarus americanus  
I Lobster   European Lobster Homarus gammarus  
V Tigerfish   Trahira Hoplias malabaricus  
V Hassar   Brown Hoplo Hoplosternum littorale  
V Eel, Pike-conger   Blacktail Pike-conger Hoplunnis diomediana  
V Eel, Pike-conger   Freckled Pike-conger Hoplunnis macrura  
V Eel, Pike-conger   Spotted Pike-conger Hoplunnis tenuis  
V Salmon, Danube   Danube Salmon Hucho hucho  
V Sturgeon   Kaluga Huso dauricus  
V Eel, Conger   Margintail Conger Paraconger caudilimbatus  
V Mullet   Redeye Mullet Mugil gaimardianus  
V Mullet   Fantail Mullet Mugil gyrans  
V Mullet   Hospe Mullet Mugil hospes  
V Mullet   Parassi Mullet Mugil incilis  
V Mullet   Agugu Mullet Mugil thoburni  
V Sandperch   Sandperch Mugiloides fasciatus  
V Goatfish   Mexican Goatfish Mulloidichthys dentatus  
V Goatfish   Yellow Goatfish Mulloidichthys martinicus  
V Goatfish   Yellowfiin Goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis  
V Eel, Moray   Mediterranean Moray Muraena helena  
V Eel, Moray   Honey Comb Moray Muraena melanotis  
V Eel, Moray   Reticulate Moray Muraena retifera  
V Eel, Moray   Stout Moray Muraena robusta  
V Shark or Smoothhound   Grey Smoothhound Mustelus californicus  
V Grouper     Mycteroperca spp.  
V Ray, Bat   Bat Ray Myliobatis californica  
V Ray, Bullnose   Bullnose Ray Myliobatis freminvilleii  
V Ray, Eagle   Southern Eagle Ray Myliobatis goodei  
V Striped Dwarf Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Striped Dwarf Catfish (*) Mystus vittatus  
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I Mussel   California Mussel Mytilus californianus  
V Leaffish   Gangetic Leaffish Nandus nandus  
V Ray, Electric   Lesser Electric Ray Narcine brasiliensis  
V Unicornfish   Bluespine Unicornfish Naso unicornis  
V Triggerfish   Triggerfish Navodon australis  
V Croaker   Smalleye Croaker Nebris microps  
I Morwong   Morwong Nemadactylus bergi  
V Tarakihi   Tarakihi Nemadactylus macropterus  
V Jack or Roosterfish   Roosterfish Nematistius pectoralis  
V Goby   Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus  
I Lobsterette   Florida Lobsterette Nephropsis aculeata  
I Whelk or Sea Snail     Neptunea spp.  
V Gemfish   Black Gemfish Nesiarchus nasutus  
V Giant Whiskered Fish or Whiskered Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Giant Catfish (*) Netuma thalassinus  
V Eel, Spiny   Spiny Eel Notacanthus chemnitzii  
V Featherback   Grey Featherback Notopterus notopterus  
V Shiner   (Eastern Shiners) Notropis spp.  
I Snail   Rocksnail Ocenebra japonica  
I Octopus     Octopus spp.  
V Silverside   Argentine Silverside Odontesthes regia  
V Pabdah Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Pabdah Catfish (*) Ompok pabda  
V Trout   Gila Trout Oncorhynchus gilae  
I Crawfish or Crayfish   Murray River Crayfish Euastacus armatus  
V Mojarra   Striped Mojarra Eugerres plumieri  
I Krill     Euphausia spp.  
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Black Skipjack Euthynnus lineatus  
V Bacha   Bacha Eutropiichthys vacha  
I Scallop   San Diego Scallop Euvola diegensis  
I Scallop   Zigzag Scallop Euvola ziczac  
I Sea Urchin   Sea Urchin Evechinus chloroticus  
V Flyingfish   Ocean Two-wing Flyingfish Exocoetus obtusirostris  
V Flyingfish   Tropical Two-wing Flyingfish Exocoetus volitans  
I Shrimp   Roshna Prawn Exopalaemon styliferus  
I Shrimp   Brown Shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus  
I Shrimp   Pinkspotted Shrimp Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis  
I Shrimp or Pink Shrimp   Pink Shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum  
I Shrimp or Brown Shrimp   Southern Brown Shrimp Farfantepenaeus subtilis  
I Shrimp   Chinese White Shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis  
I Shrimp   Indian Prawn Fenneropenaeus indicus  
I Shrimp   Banana Prawn Fenneropenaeus merguiensis  
I Limpet   Keyhole Limpet Fissurella maxima  
V Flyingfish   Sharpchin Flyingfish Fodiator acutus  
V Shark   Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier  
V Threadfin   Guinean Threadfin Galeoides decadactylus  
V Turtle   Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas  
V Turtle   (Snapping Turtles) Chelydra spp.  
I Crawfish or Crayfish   Yabbie Cherax destructor  
I Crawfish or Crayfish   Marron Cherax tenuimanus  
I Clam, Venus   California Venus Chione californiensis  
I Clam, Venus   Frilled Venus Chione undatella  
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I Clam, Venus   Smooth Venus Chionista fluctifraga  
V Charal   Charal Chirostoma jordani  
V Featherback   Giant Featherback Chitala lopis  
I Scallop   Scallop Chlamys circularis aequisculata  
I Scallop   Spiny Scallop Chlamys hastata  
I Scallop   Iceland Scallop Chlamys islandica  
I Scallop   Queen Scallop Chlamys opercularis  
I Scallop   Reddish Scallop Chlamys rubida  
V Cichlid   Cichlid Cichla orinocensis  
V Rockling   Fivebeard Rockling Ciliata mustela  
V Rockling   Northern Rockling Ciliata septentrionalis  
V Corvina   Chilean Croaker Cilus gilberti  
V Walking Clarias Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Walking Catfish (*) Clarias batrachus  
V Herring   Javan Ilisha Ilisha pristigastroides  
V Trout   Golden Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita  
V Toadfish   Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta  
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Plain Bonito Orcynopsis unicolor  
V Tilapia   Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus   
V Trunkfish   Trunkfish Ostracion meleagris  
I Oyster (*) CFR 161.136 Olympia Oyster Ostrea conchaphila  
I Oyster (*) CFR 161.136 Olympia Oyster Ostrea lurida  
I Snail or Escargot     Otala spp.  
V Flyingfish   Smallwing Flyingfish Oxyporhamphus micropterus  
I Crawfish or Crayfish     Pacifastacus spp.  
V Bream   Common Pandora Pagellus erythrinus  
V Sea Bream     Pagellus spp.  
I Shrimp   Common Prawn Palaemon serratus  
I Shrimp   Marsh Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes vulgaris  
I Lobster, Spiny   Natal Spiny Lobster Palinurus delagoae  
I Lobster, Spiny   Common Spiny Lobster Palinurus elephas  
I Lobster, Spiny   Pink Spiny Lobster Palinurus mauritanicus  
V Butterfish   Silver Pomfret Pampus argenteus (RFE)  
V Butterfish   White Pomfret Pampus cinereus  
I Shrimp   Humpy Shrimp Pandalus goniurus  
I Shrimp   Coonstriped Shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus  
I Shrimp or Pink Shrimp   Ocean Shrimp Pandalus jordani  
V Basa (*) FD&C 403(t)   Pangasius bocourti  
V Mekong Giant Pangasius (*) FD&C 403(t) Mekong Giant Catfish (*) Pangasius gigas  
V Swai or Sutchi or Striped Pangasius or Tra (*) FD&C 403(t) Sutchi Catfish (*) Pangasius hypophthalmus  
V Spot Pangasius (*) FD&C 403(t) Spot Pangasius Pangasius larnaudii  
V Shortbel or Pangasius (*) FD&C 403(t) Shortbel or Pangasius Pangasius micronemus  
V Yellowtail Pangasius (*) FD&C 403(t) Yellowtail Catfish (*) Pangasius pangasius  
V Giant Pangasius (*) FD&C 403(t) Giant Pangasius Pangasius sanitwongsei  
I Clam, Geoduck   Pacific Geoduck Panopea abrupta  
I Clam, Geoduck   Atlantic Geoduck Panopea bitruncata  
I Lobster, Spiny   Green Spiny Lobster Panulirus gracilis  
I Lobster, Spiny   Scalloped Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus  
I Lobster, Spiny   Blue Spiny Lobster Panulirus inflatus  
I Lobster, Spiny   California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus  
I Lobster, Spiny   Japanese Spiny Lobster Panulirus japonicus  
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I Lobster, Spiny   Smoothtail Spiny Lobster Panulirus laevicauda  
I Lobster, Spiny   Pronghorn Spiny Lobster Panulirus penicillatus  
I Lobster, Spiny   Mud Spiny Lobster Panulirus polyphagus  
I Clam, Wedge   Pipi Clam Paphies australis  
I Clam, Wedge   New Zealand Wedge Clam Paphies ventricosa  
V Snapper   Saddleback Snapper Paracaesio kusakarii  
I Sea Urchin   Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus  
V Snakehead or Channa   Snakehead Parachanna obscura  
V Pomfret   Southern Rays Bream Brama australis  
V Pomfret   Atlantic Pomfret Brama brama  
V Menhaden   Finescale Menhaden Brevoortia gunteri  
V Brotula or Cuskeel   Bearded Brotula Brotula barbata  
V Brotula or Cuskeel   Pacific Bearded Brotula Brotula clarkae  
I Whelk or Sea Snail     Buccinum spp.  
V Sole   Yellow Sole Buglossidium luteum  
I Whelk or Sea Snail     Busycon spp.  
I Whelk   Channeled Whelk Busycotypus canaliculatus  
I Whelk   Pear Whelk Busycotypus spiratus  
V Grenadier   Banded whiptail Caelorinchus fasciatus  
V Porgy   Grass Porgy Calamus arctifrons  
V Cascarudo   Cascarudo Callichthys callichthys  
I Crab, Swimming   Arched Swimming Crab Callinectes arcuatus  
I Crab, Swimming   Cortez Swimming Crab Callinectes bellicosus  
I Crab, Swimming   Giant Swimming Crab Callinectes toxotes  
I Crawfish or Crayfish     Cambarus spp.  
I Crab, Yellow Rock   Rock Crab Cancer anthonyi  
I Crab, Jonah   Jonah Crab Cancer borealis  
V Jack   Yellow Jack Carangoides bartholomaei  
V Jack   Pacific Crevalle Jack Caranx caninus (RFE)  
V Shark   Silky Shark Carcharhinus falciformis  
V Shark   Reef Shark Carcharhinus perezii  
V Shark   Night Shark Carcharhinus signatus  
I Cockle   Knotted Cockle Cardium tuberculatum  
V Sucker   River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio  
V Tilefish   Pacific Golden-eyed Tilefish Caulolatilus affinis  
I Limpet   Limpet Cellana denticulata  
V Alfonsino   Bight Redfish Centroberyx gerrardi  
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Catshark Centrophorus squamosus  
V Snook   Armed Snook Centropomus armatus  
V Snook   Swordspine Snook Centropomus ensiferus  
V Snook   Tarpon Snook Centropomus pectinatus  
V Snook   White Snook Centropomus viridis  
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Black Dogfish Centroscyllium fabricii  
V Hind   Chocolate Hind Cephalopholis boenak  
V Grouper   Graysby Cephalopholis cruentatus  
V Grouper   Coney Cephalopholis fulva (RFE)  
V Grouper   Coral Hind Cephalopholis miniata  
V Hind or Grouper   Strawberry Hind Cephalopholis Spiloparea  
I Cockle   Common Cockle Cerastoderma edule  
V Anchovy   Anchoveta Cetengraulis mysticetus  
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V Shark   Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus  
V Parrotfish   Bicolor Parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor  
I Crab, Golden   Golden Deepsea Crab Chaceon fenneri  
I Crab, Red   Red Deepsea Crab Chaceon quinquedens  
V Spadefish   Pacific Spadefish Chaetodipterus zonatus  
V Butterflyfish   Spotfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus  
V Butterflyfish   Banded Butterflyfish Chaetodon striatus  
V Icefish   Mackerel Icefish Champsocephalus gunnari  
V Channa   Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes  
V Snakehead or Channa   Chevron Snakehead Channa striata  
V Eel, Moray   Broadbanded Moray Channomuraena vittata  
V Flounder   Longjawed Flounder Chascanopsetta crumenalis  
V Wrasse   Humphead Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus  
V Flyingfish   Jenkins Flyingfish Cheilopogon atrisignis  
V Flyingfish   Margined Flyingfish Cheilopogon cyanopterus  
V Flyingfish   Bandwing Flyingfish Cheilopogon exsiliens  
V Flyingfish   Spotfin Flyingfish Cheilopogon furcatus  
V Flyingfish   Blotchwing Flyingfish Cheilopogon hubbsi  
V Flyingfish   Atlantic Flyingfish Cheilopogon melanurus  
V Flyingfish   Spotted Wing Flyingfish Cheilopogon spilonotopterus  
V Croaker   Black Croaker Cheilotrema saturnum  
V Searobin   Tub Gurnard Chelidonichthys lucernus  
V Hamlet, Mutton   Mutton Hamlet Alphestes afer  
V Bass   Ozark Bass Ambloplites constellatus  
V Carplet or Mola   Mola Carplet Amblypharyngodon mola  
V Skate   Thorny Skate Amblyraja radiata  
V Sand Lance   American Sand Lance Ammodytes americanus  
V Sand Lance   Northern Sand Lance Ammodytes dubius  
V Sand Lance   Pacific Sand Lance Ammodytes hexapterus  
V Surfperch   Calico Surfperch Amphistichus koelzi  
V Surfperch   Redtail Surfperch Amphistichus rhodoterus  
I Scallop   Scallop Saucer Amusium japonicum  
I Scallop   Paper Scallop Amusium papyraceum  
I Scallop   Thailand moon scallop Amusium pleuronectes  
V Climbing Perch   Climbing Perch Anabas testudineus  
I Arkshell   Skewed Ark Anadara baughmani  
I Arkshell   Mogai Clam Anadara subcrenata  
V Anchovy   Deepbody Anchovy Anchoa compressa  
V Anchovy   Slough Anchovy Anchoa delicatissima  
V Anchovy   Anchovy Anchoviella lepidentostole  
V Flounder   Three-eye Flounder Ancylopsetta dilecta  
V Grunt or Catalina   Catalina Anisotremus taeniatus  
V Boarfish   Deepbody Boarfish Antigonia capros  
V Grouper   Slender Grouper Anyperodon leucogrammicus  
V Turtle   (Softshell Turtles) Apalone spp.  
V Jobfish   Smalltooth Jobfish Aphareus furca  
V Jobfish   Rusty Jobfish Aphareus rutilans  
V Chiring   Chiring Apocryptes bato  
V Jobfish   Green Jobfish Aprion virescens  
V Snapper   African Forktail Snapper Apsilus fuscus  
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I Pirarucu or Arapaima   Pirarucu Arapaima gigas  
I Arkshell   Mossy Ark Arca imbricata  
I Arkshell   Noah's Ark Arca noae  
I Arkshell   Turkey Wing Arca zebra  
I Scallop   Scallop Argopecten aequisulcatus  
I Scallop, Calico   Atlantic Calico Scallop Argopecten gibbus  
I Scallop or Bay Scallop   Bay Scallop Argopecten irradians  
I Scallop   Lined Scallop Argopecten lineolaris  
I Scallop   Nucleus Scallop Argopecten nucleus  
I Scallop, Calico   Pacific Calico Scallop Argopecten ventricosus  
V Bream   Taiwan Tai Argyrops bleekeri  
V Whiskered Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Hardhead Catfish (*) Ariopsis felis  
V Eel, Conger   Bandtooth Conger Ariosoma balearicum  
V Sole   Kobe Sole Aseraggodes kobensis  
V Sole   Narrowbanded Sole Aseraggodes macleayanus  
V Whiskerfish (*) FD&C 403(t) Gillbacker Sea Catfish (*) Aspistor parkeri  
I Crawfish or Crayfish   (Crayfishes) Astacus spp.  
I Penshell   Sawtooth Penshell Atrina serrata  
V Goonch   Goonch Bagarius yarrelli  
V Gafftopsail Fish or Gafftopsail Whiskered Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Gafftopsail Catfish (*) Bagre marinus  
I Barnacle     Balanus spp.  
I Arkshell   Arkshell Barbatia cancellaria  
I Arkshell     Barbatia spp.  
V Red Tailed Tinfoil   Red Tail Tinfoil Barbonymus altus  
V Barb   Tinfoil Barb Barbonymus schwanenfeldii  (RFE)  
V Silverside   South American Silverside Basilichthys australis  
V Skate   Aleutian Skate Bathyraja aleutica  
V Skate   Alaska Skate Bathyraja parmifera  
V Skate   Spinytail Skate Bathyraja spinicauda  
V Skate   Roughtail Skate Bathyraja trachura  
V Toadfish or Packoo   Pacuma Toadfish Batrachoides surinamesis  
V Hogfish   Spotfin Hogfish Bodianus pulchellus  
V Parrotfish   Green Humphead Parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum  
V Bream or Bogue   Bogue Boops boops  
V Bengal Loach   Bengal Loach Botia dario  
V Lau-lau   Lau-lau Brachyplatystoma filamentosum  
V Hybrid Clarias Fish (*) FD&C 403(t)   Clarias gariepinus x Clarias macrocephalus  
V Broadhead Clarias Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Broadhead Catfish (*) Clarias macrocephalus  
V Flounder   Sohachi Flounder Cleisthenes pinetorum  
I Cockle   California Cockle Clinocardium californiense  
V Herrring   Araucanian herring Clupea bentincki  
V Drum or Lion Fish     Collichthys spp.  
V Tambaqui   Tambaqui Colossoma macropomum  
V Eel, Conger   Manytooth Conger Conger triporiceps  
V Grunt   Barred Grunt Conodon nobilis  
V Vendace   Vendace Coregonus albula  
V Sprat   Ganges River Sprat Corica soborna  
V Croaker   Blue Croaker Corvula batabana  
V Croaker   Striped Croaker Corvula sanctaeluciae  
V Mahi-mahi   Pompano Dolphin Coryphaena equiselis  
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I California Shrimp or Bay Shrimp or Gray Shrimp   California Shrimp Crangon franciscorum  
I Shrimp   Seven-spine Bay Shrimp Crangon septemspinosa  
I Shrimp     Crangon spp.  
I Oyster   Portuguese Oyster Crassostrea angulata  
I Oyster   Chilean Oyster Crassostrea chilensis  
I Oyster (*) CFR 161.130 Kumamoto Oyster Crassostrea gigas kumamoto  
V Tang     Ctenochaetus spp.  
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Leaping Bonito Cybiosarda elegans  
V Flounder   Mexican Flounder Cyclopsetta chittendeni  
V Tonguesole     Cynoglossus spp.  
V Weakfish   Whitefin Weakfish Cynoscion albus  
V Weakfish   Green Weakfish     Cynoscion virescens  
V Tripletail or Tigerfish   Finescale Tigerfish Datnioides microlepis  
V Tripletail or Tigerfish   Four-banded Tripletail Datnioides pulcher  
V Scad   Mexican Scad Decapterus scombrinus  
V Scad   Redtail Scad Decapterus tabl  
V Porgy   Dentex Dentex dentex  
V Porgy   Dentex Dentex gibbosus  
V Sea Bream   Golden Tai Dentex tumifrons  
V Grunt   Painted sweetlips Diagramma pictum  
V Bream   Bream Abramis brama  
V Bass, Sea   Argentine Sea Bass Acanthistius brasilianus  
I Cockle   Spiny Cockle Acanthocardia aculeata  
V Seabream or Porgie   River Bream Acanthopagrus berda  
V Cowfish   Honeycomb Cowfish Acanthostracion polygonius  
V Cowfish   Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis  
V Tang or Surgeonfish   Doctorfish Acanthurus chirurgus  
V Tang or Surgeonfish   Elongate Surgeonfish Acanthurus mata  
V Tang or Surgeonfish   Yellowfin Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus  
I Snail or Escargot   Giant African Snail Achatina fulica  
V Sturgeon   Siberian Sturgeon Acipenser baerii  
V Sturgeon   Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum  
V Sturgeon   Yangtze Sturgeon Acipenser dabryanus  
V Sturgeon   Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens  
V Sturgeon   Japanese Sturgeon Acipenser multiscutatus  
V Sturgeon   Adriatic Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii  
V Sturgeon   Thorn Sturgeon Acipenser nudiventris  
V Sturgeon   Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus  
V Sturgeon   Amur Sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii  
V Sturgeon   Chinese Sturgeon Acipenser sinensis  
V Sturgeon   European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio  
I Scallop   Red-ribbed Scallop Aequipecten glyptus  
V Ray, Eagle   Spotted Eagle Ray Aetobatus narinari  
V Gangetic Ailia   Gangetic Ailia Ailia coila  
V Grenadier   Giant Rattail Albatrossia pectoralis  
V Alligator   American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis  
V Alligator   Chinese Alligator Alligator sinensis  
V Oreo Dory or Deep Sea Dory   Black Oreo Dory Allocyttus niger  
V Smelt   Whitebait Smelt Allosmerus elongatus  
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Slender Tuna Allothunnus fallai  
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V Amberjack   Greater Amberjack Seriola dumerili Yellowtail/ Atlantic Amberjack/ Madregal/ Bonito
V Grunt   French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum Yellowstriped Grunt/ Yellow Grunt/ White Grunt
V Rockfish   China Rockfish Sebastes nebulosus (RFE) Yellowspotted Rockcod
V Grouper   Yellowedge Grouper Epinephelus flavolimbatus Yellowfinned Grouper
V Menhaden   Yellowfin Menhaden Brevoortia smithi Yellowfin Shad
V Grouper   Yellowmouth Grouper Mycteroperca interstitialis Yellowfin Grouper/ Princess Rockfish
V Jobfish   Goldeneye Jobfish Pristipomoides flavipinnis Yelloweye Opakapaka/ Silk Snapper
V Plaice   Alaska Plaice Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Yellowbellied Flounder
V Rockfish   Quillback Rockfish Sebastes maliger (RFE) Yellowback Rockcod/ Brown Rockcod/ Orangespotted Rockcod
V Grunt or Tomtate   Tomtate Haemulon aurolineatum Yellow Tomtate/ White Grunt/ Jeniguano
V Shark   Lemon Shark Negaprion brevirostris Yellow Shark
V Walleye   Walleye Sander vitreum Yellow Pike/ Yellow Walleye/ Pickerel/ Pike Perch/ Dory/ Freshwater Perch/ Walleye Pike
V Grunt   Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus Yellow Grunt/ Boar Grunt/ Humpback Grunt
V Croaker   Redlip Croaker Larimichthys polyactis (RFE) Yellow Flower Fish/ Large Yellow Croaker
V Flounder   Yellowbelly Flounder Rhombosolea leporina Yellow Flounder/ Patiki-totora
V Eel   Long-finned Eel Anguilla dieffenbachii Yellow Eel/ Silver Eel/ Kuwharuwharu
V Bullhead   Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis Yellow Cat
V Angelfish   Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris Yellow Angelfish/ Golden Angel/ Blue Angel/ Isabelita
I Crawfish or Crayfish   (Freshwater Crayfish) Paranephrops spp. Yabby/ New Zealand Crayfish
V Wolffish   Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus (RFE) Wolffish/ Catfish/ Seacat/ Ocean Whitefish/ Rock Salmon/ Loup de Mer
V Flounder   Flounder Arnoglossus scapha Witch/ Megrim/ Mehue/ Hirame
V Sole or Flounder   Gray Sole Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (RFE) Witch Flounder/ Craig Fluke/ Pole Flounder/ Flet/ Lemon Sole/ Pole Dab/ Pade Dab/ Torbay Sole/ White Sole/ Grey Sole
I Squid or Calamari   Longfin Squid Loligo pealeii Winter Squid/ Boston Squid/ Longfin Inshore Squid
V Flounder or Sole   Blackback Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (RFE) Winter Flounder/ Lemon Sole/ Georges Bank Flounder
V Goldeye   Goldeye Hiodon alosoides Winnipeg Goldeye/ Naccaysh/ La Quesche
V Rockfish   Pygmy Rockfish Sebastes wilsoni Wilson's Rockfish
V Pollock or Alaska Pollock   Walleye Pollock Theragra chalcogramma (RFE) Whiting/ Pacific Tomcod/ Pacific Pollock/ Alaska Pollock
V Tilefish   Ocean Whitefish Caulolatilus princeps (RFE) Whitefish/ Blanquillo
V Icefish   Japanese Icefish Salangichthys microdon Whitebait/ Noodlefish/ Whitefish/ Salanx
V Smelt   Cucumberfish Retropinna retropinna Whitebait/ Common Smelt/ Waikato/ Paraki/ Australian Smelt
V Smelt   Surf Smelt Hypomesus pretiosus Whitebait
V Bass   Sunshine Bass Morone chrysops x Morone saxatilis (RFE) White and Striped Bass Hybrid
V Seatrout   Silver Seatrout Cynoscion nothus White Seatrout/ Squeteague/ Bastard Weakfish
V Smelt   Arctic Smelt Osmerus mordax dentex White Sea Smelt
V Bass   White Bass Morone chrysops White Lake Bass/ Silver Bass
V Flounder or Fluke   European Flounder Platichthys flesus White Fluke/ North Atlantic Flounder/ Sandberg/ Pallus
V Drum or Queenfish   Queenfish Seriphus politus White Croaker
V Catfish   White Catfish Ameiurus catus White Cat/ Channel Cat
V Shark, Thresher   Pelagic Thresher Shark Alopias pelagicus Whiptail Shark/ Fox Shark
V Shark   Silvertip Shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus Whiptail Reef Shark/ White-tipped Reef Shark/ Tapete
I Clam, Razor   California Tagelus Tagelus californianus Western Jackknife
I Lobster, Spiny   Painted Spiny Lobster Panulirus versicolor Western Crayfish
I Squid or Calamari   Atlantic Brief Squid Lolliguncula brevis Western Atlantic Brief Squid/ Thumbstall Squid
V Snapper   Silk Snapper Lutjanus vivanus (RFE) West Indian Snapper/ Day Snapper/ Longfin Red Snapper
V Sole   Sole Austroglossus microlepis West Coast Sole/ Tong
V Hake   Brazilian Hake Urophycis brasiliensis West Atlantic Forkbeard/ Squirrel Codling
V Herring   African Ilisha Ilisha africana West African Ilisha
V Sheatfish (*) FD&C 403(t) Wels Catfish (*) Silurus glanis Wels/ European Catfish/ Danube Catfish
V Goldeye     Upeneus spp. Wele Puep/ Yellowstriped Goatfish/ Kakunir
V Chub   Kiyi Coregonus kiyi Waterbelly/ Mooneye
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V Surfperch   Walleye Surfperch Hyperprosopon argenteum Walleye Seaperch/ White Perch
V Cod   Saffron Cod Eleginus gracilis Wachna Cod/ Northern Cod/ Navaga
V Corvina or Croaker   Whitemouth Drummer Micropogonias furnieri Verrugato/ Corvina Brasileira/ Whitemouth Drummer
V Grouper or Gag   Gag Mycteroperca microlepis Velvet Rockfish/ Small-scaled Rockfish
V Filefish   Orange Filefish Aluterus schoepfii Unicornfish/ Sunfish/ Foolfish/ Lija/ Turbot/ Hogfish
V Filefish   Unicorn Filefish Aluterus monoceros Unicorn/ Yellowfinned Leatherjacket/ Andora
V Eel   Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica Unagi
V Squirrelfish   Squirrelfish Myripristis berndti U' a Menpachi
V Squirrelfish   Squirrelfish Myripristis amaena U' a Manpachi
V Snapper   Twinspot Snapper Lutjanus bohar Twospot Snapper/ Whitespotted Snapper/ Mu/ Tagafi/ Twospot Red Snapper
V Cusk   Cusk Brosme brosme (RFE) Tusk/ Torsk/ European Cusk/ Brosmius/ Moonfish
V Scorpionfish   Plumed Scorpionfish Scorpaena grandicornis Turkeyfish/ Lionfish
V Flounder   New Zealand Brill Colistium nudipinnis Turbot
V Sardine   Fringescale Sardinella Sardinella fimbriata Tunsoy/ Roundbodied Sardine/ Fimbriated Sardine
V Peacock Bass   Peacock Cichlid Cichla ocellaris Tucunare/ Eyespot Cichlid/ Lukanani
I Clam, Wedge   New Zealand Wedge Clam Paphies subtriangulata Tuatua/ Surfclam
V Pilchard or Sardine   European Pilchard Sardina pilchardus True Sardine
V Mullet   Mountain Mullet Agonostomus monticola Trucha
V Jack   Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos Toro/ Cavally/ Common Jack/ Jack Runner/ Rudderfish
V Mooneye   Mooneye Hiodon tergisus Toothed Herring/ River Whitefish
I Oyster   New Zealand Rock Oyster Crassostrea glomerata Tio/ Tio Para/ T. Repe
V Grouper   Tiger Grouper Mycteroperca tigris Tiger Rockfish/ Gag/ Ragtailed Rockfish/ Bonacigato
V Caparari (*) FD&C 403(t) Caparari Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum Tiger Catfish/ Cabezona
V Pompano   African Pompano Alectis ciliaris Threadfin/ Threadfish/ Hairfish/ Cobblerfish/ Sunfish
V Mackerel   Double-lined Mackerel Grammatorcynus bilineatus Thazard-kusara/ Carite/ Cazon/ Pintado
V Ladyfish   Ladyfish Elops saurus Tenpounder/ Bony Fish/ Bigeye Herring/ Bonefish/ Chiro
V Salmon, Chinook or King or Spring (*) CFR 161.170 Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (RFE) Tee Salmon/ Winter Salmon/ Quinnat Salmon/ King Salmon/ Spring Salmon
I Sea Cucumber     Stichopus spp. Teat Fish
I Sea Cucumber     Cucumaria spp. Teat Fish
V Herring   Tardoore Opisthopterus tardoore Tartoor/ Kentut/ Longfinned Herring
I Crab, Snow   Snow Crab Chionoecetes opilio Tanner Crab
I Crab, Snow   Southern Tanner Crab Chionoecetes bairdi Tanner Crab
I Crab, Snow   Triangle Tanner Crab Chionoecetes angulatus Tanner Crab
I Crab, Snow   Grooved Tanner Crab Chionoecetes tanneri Tanner Crab
V Puffer   Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus Tambor/ Globefish/ Blowfish/ Northern Puffer
V Sardine   Oil Sardine Sardinella longiceps Tamban
V Flounder   Fivespot Flounder Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Tama-ganzodirane/ Tama-ganzobirame
V Bluefish   Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Tailor/ Snapper
V Morid Cod   Tadpole Mora Salilota australis Tadpole Codling
V Sturgeon   Syr Darya Sturgeon Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi Syr Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon
V Rockfish   Rosethorn Rockfish Sebastes helvomaculatus Swordspine/ Flyfish
V Shark   Porbeagle Lamna nasus Swordfin/ Porpoise Shark/ Blue Shark/ Mackerel Shark
V Puffer   (Puffers) Arothron spp. Swelltoad/ Blower/ Toadfish/ Swellbelly/ Rabbitfish/ Porcupine/ Globefish
V Smelt   Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis Sweetfish/ Ko-ayu
V Mullet   Striped Goatfish Mullus barbatus Surmullet/ Unstriped Red Mullet/ Red Mullet/ Striped Mullet/ Bluntsnouted Mullet
V Surfperch   Barred Surfperch Amphistichus argenteus Surffish
I Squid or Calamari   Northern Shortfin Squid Illex illecebrosus Summer Squid/ Illex Squid
V Zander or Pike Perch   Zander Sander lucioperca Sudak
V Sunfish   Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus Stumpknocker
V Bass   Palmetto Bass Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops Striped and White Bass Hybrid/ Wiper
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V Weakfish   Striped Weakfish Cynoscion striatus Striped Seatrout
V Surfperch   Striped Surfperch Embiotoca lateralis Striped Seaperch/ Blue Surfperch/ Blue Perch
V Killifish   Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis Striped Mummichog/ Gudgeon/ Bull Minnow/ Mayfish
V Mullet   Red Mullet Mullus surmuletus Striped Mullet
V Grunt   Spanish Grunt Haemulon macrostomum Striped Grunt/ Gray Grunt/ Streaked Grunt/ Sow Grunt
V Grouper   White Grouper Epinephelus aeneus Striped Grouper
V Whiting or Cape Capensis   Cape Hake Merluccius capensis Stockfish/ Shallowwater Hake/ South African Hake/ Hake
I Clam, Littleneck   Pacific Littleneck Clam Protothaca staminea Steamer/ Native Littleneck
I Clam, Softshell   Softshell Clam Mya arenaria Steamer/ Maninose Clam
I Lobster, Rock   St. Paul Spiny Lobster Jasus paulensis St. Paul Rock Lobster
V Hake   Red Hake Urophycis chuss Squirrel Hake/ Mud Hake/ Squirrel Ling/ White Hake
I Langostino or Langostino Lobster   Pelagic Crab Pleuroncodes planipes Squat Lobster
V Turbot   Spottedtail Turbot Psettodes belcheri Spring Turbot
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias Spring Dogfish/ Spiked Dogfish/ Grayfish/ Spur Dog/ Picked Dogfish
V Sardine   Redear Sardine Harengula humeralis Sprat/ Redear Pilchard/ Sardina/ Pilchard
V Warehou   Silver Warehou Seriolella punctata Spotted Warehou/ Ibodai/ Silverfish
V Triggerfish   Gray Triggerfish Balistes capriscus Spotted Triggerfish/ Leatherjacket/ Turbot/ Cucuyo
V Rockfish   Starry Rockfish Sebastes constellatus Spotted Rockfish
V Grouper or Hind   Red Hind Epinephelus guttatus Spotted Jewfish/ Strawberry Grouper/ Black Grouper
V Grouper   Speckled Dwarf Grouper Epinephelus merra Spotted Grouper/ Honeycomb Rockcod/ Honeycomb Cod
V Grouper   Snowy Grouper Epinephelus niveatus Spotted Grouper
V Mackerel, Spanish   Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus Spotted Cybium/ Bay Mackerel/ Spotted Mackerel
V Hake   Spotted Hake Urophycis regia Spotted Codling/ Cod
V Wolffish   Spotted Wolffish Anarhichas minor Spotted Catfish/ Lesser Catfish/ Smaller Catfish/ Loup de Mer
V Catfish   Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus (RFE) Spotted Cat/ White Cat/ Lake Catfish
V Chub   Bermuda Chub Kyphosus sectator Spotted Bermuda Chub/ Striped Rudderfish/ Chopa
V Snapper   Lane Snapper Lutjanus synagris (RFE) Spot Snapper/ Redtail Snapper/ Silk Snapper
V Paddlefish   Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Spoonbilled Sturgeon/ Spoonbill/ Buckbill Cat
V Trout   Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Splake/ Alsatian Charr/ Speckled Trout
V Smelt or American Smelt   Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax Spirling/ Saltwater Smelt/ Freshwater Smelt/ Icefish
V Seatrout   Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus Speckled Trout/ Squeteague/ Gator Trout/ Spotted Weakfish
V Snapper   Blubberlip Snapper Lutjanus rivulatus Speckled Snapper
V Smelt   European Smelt Osmerus eperlanus Sparling
V Sardine   Orangespot Sardine Sardinella janeiro Spanish Sardine/ Sardinia/ Sardinha Verdadiera
V Hogfish   Spanish Hogfish Bodianus rufus Spanish Ladyfish/ Ladyfish
V Rockfish   Flag Rockfish Sebastes rubrivinctus Spanish Flag
V Boarfish   Shortspine Boarfish Antigonia combatia Sowfish/ Common Boarfish
V Boarfish   Giant Boarfish Paristiopterus labiosus Sowfish/ Common Boarfish
V Whiting   Argentine Hake Merluccius hubbsi Southwest Atlantic Hake/ Patagonian Whiting/ Argentinian Hake/ South American Hake
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Southern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus maccoyii Southern Tunny/ Tunny
I Crab, Murray or Centolla   Murray Crab Lithodes murrayi Southern Stone Crab
I Lobster, Spiny   Gilchrist Spiny Lobster Palinurus gilchristi Southern Spiny Lobster
V Bass   Roanoke Bass Ambloplites cavifrons Southern Rock Bass
V Bass, Sea   Peruvian Sea Bass Paralabrax callaensis Southern Rock Bass
V Snapper   Caribbean Red Snapper Lutjanus purpureus (RFE) Southern Red Snapper
V Whiting, Blue   Southern Blue Whiting Micromesistius australis Southern Poutassou
V Gemfish or Barracouta   Silver Gemfish Rexea solandri Southern Kingfish/ Tikati
V Bass, Sea     Paristiopterus spp. Southern Creole-fish/ Barber
V Armorhead   Longfin Armorhead Pseudopentaceros richardsoni Southern Boarfish/ Southern Boarfish/ Boarfish
V Menhaden   Peruvian Menhaden Ethmidium maculatum South American Machete/ Machuelo/ Machete/ Pacific Menhaden
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I Squid or Calamari   Cape Horn Squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudi South African Squid/ Chokka Squid
V Pilchard or Sardine   South African Pilchard Sardinops ocellatus South African Sardine
V Flounder   Smalltooth Flounder Pseudorhombus jenynsii Sole
V Squirrelfish   Squirrelfish Holocentrus adscensionis Soldierfish/ Longjaw Squirrelfish/ Squirrel/ Welshman
V Triggerfish   Ocean Triggerfish Canthidermis sufflamen Sobaco
V Flounder or Dab   Longhead Dab Limanda proboscidea Snout Sole/ Longsnouted Flounder
V Gemfish or Barracouta   Snake Mackerel Thyrsites atun Snoek/ Atun/ Manga
V Shark   Finetooth Shark Carcharhinus isodon Smoothtooth Shark
V Flounder   Largetoothed Flounder Pseudorhombus arsius Smoothscaled Brill/ False Brill/ Bastard Halibut
V Flounder   Arctic Flounder Pleuronectes glacialis Smoothback Flounder/ Polar Flounder
V Oreo Dory   Smooth Oreo Dory Pseudocyttus maculatus Smooth Oreo/ Small-spined Oreo
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Smooth Dogfish Mustelus canis Smooth Hound/ Nurse Shark/ Gummy Shark/ Smooth Grayfish/ Grayfish/
V Grunion   California Grunion Leuresthes tenuis Smelt
V Drum     Stellifer spp. Smalleye Drum/ Yellow Drum/ Rake Drum/ Rake
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Lesser Spotted Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula Small Spotted Catshark/ Common Dogfish/ Rock Salmon
V Bullhead or Catfish   Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas Small Catfish
V Shark   Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus (RFE) Small Blacktip Shark/ Grey Shark/ Soupfin
V Sole   Dover Sole Microstomus pacificus (RFE) Slime Sole/ Slippery Sole
I Squid or Calamari   Arrow Squid Loligo plei Slender Inshore Squid
V Saury   Pacific Saury Cololabis saira Skipper/ Mackerel Pike
V Herring or River Herring   Skipjack Herring Alosa chrysochloris Skipjack/ Blue Herring/ Green Herring/ Golden Shad
V Trevally   Bigeye Trevally Caranx sexfasciatus Six-banded Trevally/ Pake Ulua/ Great Trevally
V Trout   Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush Siscowet/ Splake/ Gray Trout/ Salmon Trout
V Elephant Fish   Elephant Fish Callorhinchus milii Silver Trumpeter/ Ghost Shark
V Morwong   Tarakihi Nemadactylus macropterus Silver Perch/ Jackass Morwong/ Ocean Bream/ Silver Bream
V Croaker   Silver Croaker Pennahia argentata Silver Jewfish/ White Chinese Croaker/ Roncador
V Porgy   (Spottail Porgies) Diplodus spp. Silver Bream/ Spottail Pinfish/ Bream/ Sargo
V Crappie   White Crappie Pomoxis annularis Silver Bass/ White Bass/ Speckled Perch/ Bachelor
V Whitefish   Humpback Whitefish Coregonus pidschian Siberian Whitefish/ Arctic Whitefish
V Thornyhead   Shortspine Thornyhead Sebastolobus alascanus Shortspine Channel Rockfish/ Spinycheek Rockfish
V Eel   Short-finned Eel Anguilla australis Shortfinned Freshwater Eel/ Yellow Eel/ Silver Eely
V Croaker or Corvina   Bigtooth Corvina Isopisthus parvipinnis Shortfin Corvina
V Barracuda   Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (RFE) Short Barracuda/ Picuda/ Becuna/ Seapike/ Pike
V Surfperch   Shiner Surfperch Cymatogaster aggregata Shiner Perch/ Shiner/ Yellow Shiner/ Perch/ Sparada
V Sunfish   Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus Shellcracker/ Yellow Bream
V Sea Bream   Sea Bream Archosargus rhomboidalis Sheepshead/ Sheepshead Porgy
V Drum, Freshwater   Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens Sheepshead/ Gaspergou/ Croaker/ Jewelhead/ Crocus
V Sheepshead   Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus (RFE) Sheepshead Porgy/ Convict Fish
V Porgy   Puntazzo Diplodus puntazzo Sheepshead Bream
V Shark   Smalltail Shark Carcharhinus porosus Sharpnosed Shark/ Cuero Duro
V Croaker     Nibea spp. Sharpnose Croaker/ Spotted Croaker
V Cisco or Tullibee   Lake Herring Coregonus artedi Shallow-water Cisco/ Grayback/ Erie Herring/ Tullibee
V Porgy     Calamus spp. Shad Porgy/ Blubone Porgy/ Sheephead Porgy
V Sturgeon   Stellate Sturgeon Acipenser stellatus Sevruga/ Pastruga/ Star Sturgeon
V Bream, Threadfin   Japanese Threadfin Bream Nemipterus japonicus Sesugo/ Melon-coat/ Longtailed Nemipterid
V Drum   Spotted Drum Equetus punctatus Serrana Hispana
V Jack   Cottonmouth Jack Uraspis secunda Segundo/ Volantin
V Mackerel, Spanish   Narrow-barred Mackerel Scomberomorus commerson Seer/ Tanguigue/ Striped Seer/ Barred Mackerel/ Deirak
V Weakfish   Weakfish Cynoscion regalis Seatrout/ Squeteague/ Gray Trout/ Saltwater Trout
V Croaker or Corvina   Gulf Corvina Cynoscion othonopterus Seatrout
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V Porgy   Red Porgy Pagrus pagrus Seabream/ Pink Porgy/ Silver Snapper/ Besugo
V Trout   Brown Trout Salmo trutta Sea Trout/ Salmon Trout
V Puffer   Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus (RFE) Sea Squab/ Blowfish/ Swellfish/ Balloonfish/ Globefish
V Salmon, Atlantic   Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar (RFE) Sea Salmon/ Kennebec/ Sebago Salmon/ Black Salmon
V Sandperch   Chilean Sandperch Mugiloides chilensis Sea Salmon
V Kingfish   Southern Kingfish Menticirrhus americanus Sea Mullet/ Carolina Whiting/ Sand Whiting/ Roundhead
V Eel, Conger   Conger Eel Conger conger Sea Eel/ Silver Eel/ Southern Conger/ Koiro/ Ngoio
V Eel, Conger   Conger Eel Conger oceanicus Sea Eel/ American Eel/ White Eel
V Plaice   American Plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides Sea Dab/ Canadian Plaice/ Sand Dab/ Black Dab/ Sole
V Haddock   Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus (RFE) Scrod Haddock
V Grouper   Comb Grouper Mycteroperca rubra Scirenga
V Rockfish   Rockfish Scorpaena papillosa Scarpee/ Jock Stewart/ Seaperch
V Snapper   Bloodred Snapper Lutjanus sanguineus Scarlet Snapper/ Saddletailed Seaperch/ Red Bream/ Red Jaw/ Humphead Snapper/ Hamrah/ Blood Snapper
V Snapper   Malabar Snapper Lutjanus malabaricus Scarlet Seaperch/ Red Bream/ Malabar Red Snapper/ Malabar Blood Snapper
V Cutlassfish   Silver Scabbardfish Lepidopus caudatus Scalefoot/ Ribbonfish/ Buttersnoek/ Frostfish/ Hikau/ Espada Branca
V Mackerel, Jack   Jack Mackerel Trachurus symmetricus Saurel/ Rough Scad/ California Horse Mackerel/ Pacific Jack Mackerel
V Grunt or Sargo   Sargo Anisotremus davidsonii Sargo Raiado
V Sprat     Sprattus spp. Sardine/ New Zealand Herring/ Kupae/ Brisling
V Toadfish   Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau Sapo/ Slimer/ Oysterfish/ Scorpion/ Opossum Toadfish
V Roughy   Pinkfinned Roughy Paratrachichthys trailli Sandpaper Fish/ Common Roughy
V Grouper   Sand Perch Diplectrum formosum Sandfish/ Squirrelfish/ Serrano
V Sand Lance   (Sand Lances) Ammodytes spp. Sandeel
V Seatrout   Sand Seatrout Cynoscion arenarius Sand Trout/ White Trout
V Plaice   European Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Sand Dab
I Crab, Rock   Atlantic Rock Crab Cancer irroratus Sand Crab
V Kahawai   Kahawai Arripis trutta Salmon Trout/ Australian Salmon/ Sake
V Sturgeon   Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris Sakhalin Sturgeon/ Saghalein Sturgeon/ Japanese Sturgeon
V Pollock   Pollock Pollachius virens (RFE) Saithe/ Coalfish/ Coley/ Green Cod/ Boston Bluefish
V Flounder or Whiff   Megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Sailfluke
V Marlin   Blue Marlin Makaira nigricans (RFE) Sailfish/ Spikefish/ Boohoo/ Agika Prieta/ Kurokajiki
V Sunfish   Sacramento Perch Archoplites interruptus Sacramento Sunfish
V Smelt   Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys Sacramento Smelt
V Flounder   Yellowtail Flounder Limanda ferruginea (RFE) Rusty Dab/ Sand Dab
V Kahawai   Australian Ruff Arripis georgianus Ruff/ Tommy Rough/ Sea Herring/ Australian Herring/ Roughy
V Ruff, Black   Black Ruff Centrolophus niger Rudderfish/ Black-fish/ Boarlace
V Bonnetmouth   Bonnetmouth Plagiogenion rubiginosum Rubyfish/ Red Perch/ Rock Salmon/ Salmon
V Snapper   Yellowstripe Snapper Etelis coruscans Ruby Snapper
V Pompano   Permit Trachinotus falcatus Round Pompano/ Pompano Palmeta/ Ovate Pompano
V Grenadier   Rock Grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Round Nose Grenadier
V Sole or Flounder   Roughscale Flounder Clidoderma asperrimum Roughskinned Sole
V Scad   European Horse Mackerel Trachurus trachurus Rough Scad/ Saurel/ Jack Mackerel/ Japanese Horse Mackerel/ European Horse Mackerel/ Chinchard/ Common Scad/ Maasbanker
I Squid or Calamari   Stout Bobtail Squid Rossia macrosoma Ross Cuttlefish
V Perch, Ocean   Norway Redfish Sebastes viviparus Rosefish/ Redfish/ Norway Haddock/ Norwegian Redfish/ Lesser Redfish
V Grunt   Sailors Choice Haemulon parra Ronco/ Ronco Blance/ Ronco Prieto/ Bastard Margate
V Grunt   Black Grunt Haemulon bonariense Ronco Prieto
V Drum   Sand Drum Umbrina coroides Roncador/ Corb/ Pargo/ Striped Drum/ Catalina Croaker
V Grunt   Latin Grunt Haemulon steindachneri Roncador Raiado
V Croaker   Spotfin Croaker Roncador stearnsii (RFE) Roncador
V Bass   Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Rockfish/ Striper/ Linesides
V Grouper   Black Grouper Mycteroperca bonaci Rockfish/ Marbled Rockfish/ Runner/ Springer
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V Greenling   Kelp Greenling Hexagrammos decagrammus Rock Trout/ Sea Trout/ Boregat/ Bodieron
V Sole or Flounder   Rock Sole Lepidopsetta bilineata Rock Flounder/ Twolined Flounder/ Whitebellied Flounder
V Cod   Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua (RFE) Rock Cod/ Codling/ Scrod Cod
V Bass, Sea   Kelp Bass Paralabrax clathratus Rock Bass/ California Kelp Bass/ Cabrilla
V Snook   Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis Robalo/ Saltwater Pike/ Common Marine Snook
V Snook   Black Snook Centropomus nigrescens Robalo Prieto
V Snook   Yellowfin Snook Centropomus robalito Robalito/ Robalo De Aleta Amarilla/ Little Snook/ Constantino
V Alfonsino   Alfonsin a Casta Beryx splendens Roadbars/ Goldeneye Perch
V Perch, Lake or Yellow   Yellow Perch Perca flavescens Ring Perch/ Striped Perch/ Jack Perch/ Redfin
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Dogfish Shark Mustelus lenticulatus Rig/ Spotted Dogfish/ Lemonfish
V Bass, Sea   Spotted Sand Bass Paralabrax maculatofasciatus Redspotted Rock Bass/ Spotted Cabrilla
V Buffalofish   Bigmouth Buffalofish Ictiobus cyprinellus Redmouth Buffalofish/ Largemouth Buffalofish
V Salmon, Sockeye or Red or Blueback (*) CFR 161.170 Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka Redfish/ Spring-run Salmon/ Summer Sockeye
V Rosefish   Blackbelly Rosefish Helicolenus dactylopterus Redfish/ Serran Imperial/ Fanegal/ Cardonniera
V Perch, Ocean   Golden Redfish Sebastes norvegicus (RFE) Redfish/ Rosefish/ Snapper/ Sea Perch/ Redbream
V Perch, Ocean   Labrador Redfish Sebastes fasciatus Redfish
V Bass, Sea   Rock Sea Bass Centropristis philadelphica Redfish
V Bream   Long-spined Red Bream Argyrops spinifer Redfin/ King Soldierbream/ Longspined Snapper
V Bass   Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris Redeye/ Goggle-eye/ Sunfish/ Sun Perch/ White Bass
V Tilapia   Redbreast Tilapia Tilapia rendalli Redbreasted Bream/ Congo Tilapia
V Sunfish   Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus Redbreast/ Yellowbelly Sunfish/ Redbellied Sunfish
I Squid or Calamari   Magistrate Armhook Squid Berryteuthis magister Red Squid/ Schoolmaster Armhook Squid/ Loligo Pealei
V Alfonsino   Alfonsino Centroberyx affinis Red Snapper/ Golden Snapper/ King Snapper
I Shrimp   Sidestriped Shrimp Pandalopsis dispar Red Shrimp
V Porgy or Sea Bream   Madai Pagrus major Red Seabream/ Red Porgy
V Roughy, Orange   Orange Roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus (RFE) Red Roughy
V Grouper   Yellowfin Grouper Mycteroperca venenosa Red Rockfish/ Monkey Rockfish
V Greenling   Rock Greenling Hexagrammos lagocephalus Red Rock Trout
I Lobster, Rock   Southern Rock Lobster Jasus edwardsii Red Rock Lobster/ Red Spiny Lobster
V Rockfish   Red Rockfish Scorpaena cardinalis Red Rock Cod/ Matua-whapuku
V Cod, Morid   Red Cod Pseudophycis bachus Red Rock Cod
I Squid or Calamari   Flying Squid Ommastrephes bartramii Red Ocean Squid/ Neon Flying Squid
V Goatfish   Red Goatfish Mullus auratus Red Mullet/ Northern Goatfish/ Surmullet
V Goatfish   Bluespotted Goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus Red Mullet/ Ahuruhuru
V Morwong   Brownband Morwong Cheilodactylus spectabilis Red Moki/ Nanua/ Banded Morwong
I Lobsterette   Urugavian Lobster Metanephrops rubellus Red Lobsterette
V Snapper   Emperor Snapper Lutjanus sebae Red Emperor
V Bonnetmouth   Bonnetmouth Emmelichthys nitidus Red Baitfish/ Redbait/ Red Sea-haarder
V Trumpeter   Striped Trumpeter Latris lineata Real Trumpeter/ Kohikohi/ Tasmanian Trumpeter
V Buffalofish   Smallmouth Buffalofish Ictiobus bubalus Razorbacked Buffalo/ Suckermouth
V Sculpin   Atlantic Sea Raven Hemitripterus americanus Raven/ Yellow Sculpin/ Red Sculpin/ Sea Sculpin
V Grenadier     Macrourus spp. Rattail/ Popeye/ Roughhead
V Grenadier   Marlin-spike Nezumia bairdii Rattail/ Grenadier
V Grenadier   Deepsea Whiptail Lepidorhynchus denticulatus Rattail
V Grenadier   Roughnose Grenadier Trachyrincus murrayi Rattail
V Chimaera   Longnosed Chimera Harriotta raleighana Ratfish/ Azumaginzame
V Mackerel   Indian Mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta Rakegilled Mackerel/ Longjawed Mackerel/ Gurukuma
V Sucker   Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus Quillback Carpsucker/ Eastern Carpsucker/ Carpsucker
I Crawfish or Crayfish   Red Claw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus Queensland Marron/ Tropical Blue/ Marron
V Flounder   Indian Ocean Flounder Psettodes erumei Queensland Halibut/ Arrowtooth Flounder/ Turbot
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V Snapper   Ruby Snapper Etelis carbunculus Queen Snapper/ Ehu/ Onaga/ Ula'ula Kuae/ Palu
V Morwong   Blue Morwong Nemadactylus carponotatus Queen Snapper
I Clam, Hard   Ocean Quahog Arctica islandica Quahog/ Black Clam/ Hard Clam
I Clam, Hardshell or Quahog   Hardshell Clam Protothaca thaca Quahog
V Parrotfish   Midnight Parrotfish Scarus coelestinus Purple Parrotfish/ Indigo Parrotfish
I Scallop   New Zealand Commercial Scallop Pecten novaezelandiae Pure/ Tipa
V Eel, Conger   White Eel Conger cinereus marginatus Puhi Uha
V Eel, Conger   Conger Eel Bathycongrus aequoreus Puhi
V Eel, Conger   Conger Eel Conger oligoporus Puhi
V Spadefish   Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber Porgy/ Moonfish/ Angelfish/ Tripletail/ Paguala
V Puffer   (Puffers) Lagocephalus spp. Porcupine/ Globefish/ Rabbitfish
V Puffer   (Sharpnosed Puffers) Canthigaster spp. Porcupine/ Globefish
V Puffer or Fugu   (Puffers) Takifugu spp. Porcupine/ Globefish
V Puffer   (Common Puffers) Sphoeroides spp. Porcupine/ Globefish
V Puffer   (Puffers) Chelonodon spp. Porcupine/ Globefish
V Morwong   Morwong Nemadactylus douglasii Porae
V Sole or Flounder   C-o Sole Pleuronichthys coenosus Popeye/ C-o Turbot
V Grunt or Margate   Black Margate Anisotremus surinamensis Pompon
V Cod   Arctic Cod Boreogadus saida Polar Cod/ Saika
V Flounder   Peacock Flounder Bothus lunatus Plate-fish
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Frigate Tuna Auxis thazard Plain Bonito/ Judeu/ Melva/ Ke Oke O/ Auxide/ Frigate Mackerel
V Flounder or Fluke   Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus Plaice/ Northern Fluke
V Piramutaba   Piramutaba Brachyplatystoma vaillantii Piramutaba/ Cuma-cuma
V Grouper   Grouper Caprodon schlegelii Pinkfish/ Longfin/ Pink Maomao
V Dory   Silver Dory Cyttus novaezealandiae Pink-finned Dory/ Silbaadoori
I Conch   Queen Conch Strombus gigas Pink Conch
V Whitefish   Round Whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum Pilotfish/ Menominee Whitefish/ Frostfish
I Octopus   Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris Pieuvre/ Pulpo Comun
V Barracuda   Northern Sennet Sphyraena borealis Picuda/ Picudilla/ Barracuda
V Herring   Bigeye Ilisha Ilisha megaloptera Phansa
V Weakfish or Bangamary   King Weakfish or Weakfish Macrodon ancylodon Pescadilla-real/ Pescadinha-real
V Shad, Gizzard   Western Australian Gizzard Shad Nematalosa vlaminghi Perth Herring/ Bony Bream
V Pompano   Palometa Trachinotus goodei Permit/ Great Pompano/ Longfinned Pompano/ Alewife/ Glaucus/ Garrick
V Spinefoot   Pearly Spinefoot Siganus canaliculatus Pearly Spinefoot/ Slimy Spinefoot/ Whitespotted Rabbitfish/ Pearlspotted Spinefoot
V Oscar   Oscar Astronotus ocellatus Peacock Bass/ Peacock Cichlid/ Velvet Cichlid
V Weever   Greater Weever Trachinus draco Pauk
I Abalone   Australian Abalone Haliotis australis Paua
I Abalone   Blackfoot Abalone Haliotis iris Paua
V Flounder   New Zealand Sole Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae Patikirors
V Angelfish   French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru Paru/ Indian Flatfish/ Flatfish
V Pargo   Striped Pargo Hoplopagrus guentherii Pargo Raisero/ Greenbar Snapper/ Mexican Barred Snapper/ Coconaco/ Barred Pargo
V Croaker     Pachyurus spp. Parana Croaker/ Colombian Croaker/ Sao Francisco Croaker
V Pompano or Pompanito   Gafftopsail Pompano Trachinotus rhodopus Pampanito/ Domingo/ Palometa/ Pampanillo/ Pampano Fino
V Snapper   Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus (RFE) Palu-i'usama
I Shrimp   Redtail Prawn Fenneropenaeus penicillatus Pakistan White Shrimp
V Mackerel, Spanish   Cero Scomberomorus regalis Painted Mackerel/ Kingfish/ Pintado/ Sierra/ King Mackerel
I Lobster, Spiny   Ornate Spiny Lobster Panulirus ornatus Painted Crayfish/ Western Crayfish
V Snapper   Humpback Snapper Lutjanus gibbus Paddletail/ Hunched Snapper/ Boggel-snapper/ Humpback Red Snapper/ Mala'i/ Red Snapper
V Pacu   Pacu Myleus pacu Pacupeba
V Croaker     Plagioscion spp. Pacora/ Pescada Depiaui/ Pescada Branca
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V Herring, Thread   Deepbody Thread Herring Opisthonema libertate Pacific Thread Herring/ Mexican Thread Herring
V Rockfish   Speckled Rockfish Sebastes ovalis Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)/ Widowfish/ Viura
V Rockfish   Yelloweye Rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus (RFE) Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)/ Rasphead Rockfish
V Rockfish   Vermilion Rockfish Sebastes miniatus Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)/ Rasciera/ Rasher
V Rockfish   Canary Rockfish Sebastes pinniger (RFE) Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)/ Orange Rockfish
V Rockfish   Bocaccio Sebastes paucispinis Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)/ Jack/ Merou
V Rockfish   Yellowtail Rockfish Sebastes flavidus (RFE) Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)/ Green Rockfish
V Rockfish   Widow Rockfish Sebastes entomelas (RFE) Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Rockfish   Chilipepper (Fish) Sebastes goodei (RFE) Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Rockfish   Shortbelly Rockfish Sebastes jordani Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Rockfish   Cowcod Sebastes levis Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Rockfish   Black Rockfish Sebastes melanops Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Rockfish   Bank Rockfish Sebastes rufus Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Rockfish   Olive Rockfish Sebastes serranoides Pacific Red Snapper (Cal-Wash)
V Snapper   Pacific Snapper Lutjanus peru (RFE) Pacific Red Snapper
V Herring   Panamanian Ilisha Ilisha fuerthii Pacific Ilisha/ Machete/ Sardine/ Sardina Chata/ Pugnose Ilisha
V Herring   Pugnose Ilisha Ilisha elongata Pacific Ilisha/ Chinese Herring/ Elongate Ilisha
V Snapper   Pacific Dog Snapper Lutjanus novemfasciatus Pacific Cubera Snapper/ Pargo Prieto/ Pargo Moreno/ Pargo Negro
V Jack   Almaco Jack Seriola rivoliana Pacific Amberjack
V Drum   Black Drum Pogonias cromis (RFE) Oyster Drum/ Sea Drum/ Gray Drum
I Scallop   Peruvian Calico Scallop Chlamys purpurata Ostion Scallop
V Bumper   Pacific Bumper Chloroscombrus orqueta Orqueta
V Sturgeon   White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus Oregon Sturgeon/ Sacramento Sturgeon
I Squid or Calamari   California Market Squid Loligo opalescens Opalescent Inshore Squid
V Snapper   Crimson Snapper Pristipomoides filamentosus Opakapaka
V Jack   Whitemouth Jack Uraspis helvolus Omaka/ Dusky Jack/ Whitetongued Crevally
V Rockfish   Stripetail Rockfish Sebastes saxicola Olivebacked Rockfish
V Triggerfish   Queen Triggerfish Balistes vetula Oldwife/ Old Wech/ Bluestriped Triggerfish/ Cocino
V Snapper   Mahogany Snapper Lutjanus mahogoni Ojanco
V Shad   Alabama Shad Alosa alabamae Ohio Shad/ Gulf Shad
V Shark   Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus Oceanic Whitetip
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Skipjack Tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (RFE) Ocean Bonito/ Lesser Tuna/ Aku
V Kingfish   Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis Northern Whiting/ King Whiting/ Sea Mullet/ Hake/ Barba
I Shrimp or White Shrimp   White Shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus Northern White Shrimp
V Silverside   Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia Northern Silverside/ Dotted Silverside/ Spearling
I Clam, Razor   Alaska Razor Siliqua alta Northern Razor Clam
I Clam, Razor   Northern Razor Siliqua patula Northern Razor
V Scad   Indian Scad Decapterus russelli Northern Mackerel Scad/ Russell's Mackerel Scad/ Mackerel Scad/ Round Scad/ Lajang Scad
V Anchovy   Northern Anchovy Engraulis mordax North Pacific Anchovy/ California Anchovy
V Spot   Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Norfolk Spot/ Goody/ Post Croaker/ Oldwife/ Porgy
V Grouper   Marbled Grouper Dermatolepis inermis None
V Grouper   Broomtail Grouper Mycteroperca xenarcha None
V Sturgeon   Russian Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Nisetru/ Waxdick/ Kura Sturgeon/ Persian Sturgeon/ Azov-black Sea Sturgeon
V Perch, Nile   Lake Victoria Perch Lates niloticus Nile Perch
V Tilapia   Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus  (RFE) Nile Mouthbrooder
V Argentine   Silverside Argentine Argentina elongata Nigisu
V Greenland Turbot (*) CFR 102.57 Greenland Turbot Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Newfoundland Turbot/ Turbot/ Blue Halibut
V Whiting, New Zealand or Blue Hake   Hoki Macruronus novaezelandiae New Zealand Straptail/ New Zealand Whiptail/ Blue Grenadier/ Whiptail Hake/ Blue Hake
I Langostino or Langostino Lobster   Squat Lobster Munida gregaria New Zealand Langostino/ Lobster Krill
V Butterfish   Greenbone Odax pullus New Zealand Butterfish
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V Anchovy   Anchovy Encrasicholina purpurea Nehu
V Saury   Atlantic Saury Scomberesox saurus Needlefish/ Ocean Piper/ Skipjack/ Skipper
V Snapper   Mutton Snapper Lutjanus analis Muttonfish/ Pargo/ Pargo Criollo
V Mojarra   Irish Pompano Diapterus auratus Muttonfish
V Snapper   Spotted Rose Snapper Lutjanus guttatus Mutton Snapper/ Flamenco/ Pargo Chibato
V Ocean Pout   Ocean Pout Zoarces americanus Mutton Fish/ Conger Eel/ Mother-of-eels/ Ling
V Muskellunge   Muskellunge Esox masquinongy Muscalonga/ Tiger Musky/ Musky/ Luge/ Great Pike
V Rockfish   Northern Rockfish Sebastes polyspinis Multispined Bass
V Killifish   Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus Mudminnow/ Pike Minnow/ Mudfish/ Killy
I Crawfish or Crayfish   White River Crayfish Procambarus acutus Mudbug
I Crawfish or Crayfish   Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus clarkii Mudbug
V Bullhead   Flat Bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus Mud Cat/ Brown Cat
V Tilapia   Mozambique Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (RFE) Mozambique Mouthbrooder/ African Mouthbrooder
V Sanddab   Pacific Sanddab Citharichthys sordidus Mottled Sanddab/ Soft Flounder
V Flounder   Panther Flounder Bothus pantherinus Mottled Flounder/ Leopard Flounder/ Paku
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Painted Sweetlips Diagramma pictum pictum Morwong/ Blackall/ Bluey/ Thicklipped Grunt
V Opah   Opah Lampris guttatus Moonfish
V Mackerel, Spanish   Gulf Sierra Scomberomorus concolor Monterel Spanish Mackerel/ Thazard De Monterey
V Monkfish   Goosefish Lophius americanus Monktails/ Angler/ Fishing Frog/ Allmouth/ Molligut/ Abbot/ Sea-devil/ Lotte
V Stargazer   Giant Stargazer Kathetostoma giganteum Monkfish/ Bulldog/ Flathead
V Monkfish   Monkfish Lophius piscatorius Monk/ Anglerfish/ Goosefish/ Allmouth/ Frogfish
V Grunt   Burrito Grunt Anisotremus interruptus Mojarron/ Sargo
V Goatfish     Parupeneus spp. Moano Kea/ Moano/ Kumu/ Munu/ Sanmoiti
V Sharptooth Clarias Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Sharptooth Catfish (*) Clarias gariepinus Mlamba
V Gar   Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula Mississippi Alligator Gar
V Jack or Crevalle   Threadfin Jack Alectis indicus Mirrorfish/ Old Maid/ Kagami Ulua/ Diamond Trevally/ Indian Threadfish/ Indian Mirrorfish
V Mackerel, Spanish   Pacific Sierra Scomberomorus sierra (RFE) Mexican Sierra/ Sierra Mackerel/ Thazard Sierra
V Roughy, Silver   Silver Roughy Hoplostethus mediterraneus Mediterranean Redfish/ Rosy Soldierfish/ Flint-perch/ Sawbelly/ Blackmouth Roughy/ New Zealand Sawbelly
V Grouper   Chevron Tailed Grouper Cephalopholis urodeta Mata'cle/ Flagtailed Rockcod/ Bandtailed Coralcod
V Salmon, Cherry (*) CFR 161.170 Cherry Salmon Oncorhynchus masou Masu/ Masou Salmon/ Salmon Trout/ Sima/ Yamame/ Rill Salmon/ Biwa Salmon/ Formosan Trout/ Amago/ Masou
V Marlin   Striped Marlin Tetrapturus audax (RFE) Marlinspike/ Barred Marlin/ Spearfish/ Takaketonga
I Crab, Dungeness   Dungeness Crab Cancer magister Market Crab
V Grunt or Margate   Margate Haemulon album Margaret Grunt/ Bream/ Sailors Choice
V Racehorse   Southern Pigfish Congiopodus leucopaecilus Marbled Pigfish/ Puramorua
V Kelpfish   Kelpfish Chironemus marmoratus Marbled Morwong/ Hiwihiwi/ Ngakoikoi
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Harlequin Sweetlips Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Manyspotted Sweetlips/ Multispotted Sweetlips
V Anchovy   Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus Manjua/ Anchovy Fry
V Anchovy   Key Anchovy Anchoa cayorum Manjua
V Snapper   Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus (RFE) Mangrove Snapper/ Lawyer/ Cabellerote/ Pargo Prieto
V Flyingfish   Shortnosed Flyingfish Cypselurus simus Malolo
V Flounder   Tropical Flounder Bothus mancus Maimed Flounder/ Paki'i
V Meagre   Meagre Argyrosomus regius Maigre/ Jewfish/ Salmon Bass
V Porgy or Scup   Scup Stenotomus chrysops Maiden/ Fair Maid/ Ironsides/ Northern Porgy
V Amberjack   Lesser Amberjack Seriola fasciata Madregal/ Bonito
V Perch, Silver   Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura Mademoiselle/ Yellowtail/ Ground Croaker/ Sand Perch
V Shark   Salmon Shark Lamna ditropis Mackerel Shark/ Porbeagle
V Mullet   Striped Mullet, Flatheat Mullet Mugil cephalus Machuto/ Lisa Cabezuda/ Sea Mullet/ Gray Mullet/ Black Mullet/ River Mullet
V Pollock   European Pollack Pollachius pollachius Lythe/ Saithe/ Dover Hake/ Grass Whiting/ Greenfish/ Margate Hake
V Lumpfish   Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus Lumpsucker/ Lump/ Henfish/ Sea Owl/ Paddle/ Sea Hen
V Jack or Trevally   Giant Trevally Caranx ignobilis Lowly Trevally/ Yellowfin Trevally/ Giant Kingfish
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V Wolffish   Bering Wolffish Anarhichas orientalis Loup de Mer
V Thornyhead   Longspine Thornyhead Sebastolobus altivelis Longspine Channel Rockfish/ Spinycheek Rockfish
V Emperor     Lethrinus spp. Longnosed Pigfaced Bream/ Mu/ Rosefaced Pigface Bream
V Shark   Spinner Shark Carcharhinus brevipinna Longnosed Blackfin Shark
V Morid Cod   Blue Antimora Antimora rostrata Longnose Mora
V Anchovy   Dusky Anchovy Anchoa lyolepis Longnose Anchovy
V Croaker   Captainfish Pseudotolithus senegalensis Longneck Croaker/ Weakfish/ Capitan
V Sole or Flounder   Rex Sole Glyptocephalus zachirus (RFE) Longfin Sole/ Witch
V Rockfish   Splitnose Rockfish Sebastes diploproa Lobejawed Rockfish
V Spinefoot   Foxface Siganus vulpinus Lo Vulpinus
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Kawakawa Euthynnus affinis (RFE) Little Tunny/ Black Skipjack/ Mackerel Tuna/ Bonita
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Spotted Tunny Euthynnus alletteratus Little Tuna/ False Albacore/ Bonito/ Little Tunny
I Squid or Calamari   Midsize Squid Loligo media Little Squid
V Snook   Fat Snook Centropomus parallelus Little Snook
V Sturgeon   Dwarf Sturgeon Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni Little Shovelnose Sturgeon
V Croaker   White Croaker Genyonemus lineatus Little Roncador/ Kingfish
V Pickerel   Grass Pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus Little Pickerel/ Grass Pike
V Bumper   Atlantic Bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus Little Bumper/ Casebe/ Yellowtail
V Bigeye   Short Bigeye Pristigenys alta Little Bigeye/ Deep Bigeye
V Kingklip   Red Kingklip Genypterus chilensis Ling/ Hoka/ Hokarari/ Congrio Colorado
V Ling   Blue Ling Molva dypterygia Lesser Ling/ Trade Ling
I Squid or Calamari   Dwarf Bobtail Squid Sepiola rondeletii Lesser Cuttlefish
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Dogfish Shark Mustelus antarcticus Lemonfish
V Sole   English Sole Parophrys vetulus (RFE) Lemon Sole
V Sole   Lemon Sole Microstomus kitt Lemon Dab/ Smear Dab
V Jack   Leatherjacket Oligoplites saurus Leathercoat/ Zapatero/ Runner/ Quiebra/ Sauteur
V Sawfish   Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata Largetooth Sawfish/ Common Sawfish
V Scorpionfish   Orange Scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa Largescaled Scorpionfish/ Whiskery Scorpionfish
V Mackerel   Shark Mackerel Grammatorcynus bicarinatus Largescale Tunny/ Salmon Mackerel
V Menhaden   Gulf Menhaden Brevoortia patronus Largescale Menhaden/ Alewife/ Shad
I Langostino or Lanostino Lobster   Colorado Langostino Pleuroncodes monodon Langostino Colorado
I Langostino or Langostino Lobster   Squat Lobster Cervimunida johni Langostino Amarillo
V Bonefish   Bonefish Albula vulpes Ladyfish/ Tarpon/ Bananafish/ Grubber/ Macabi/ Sanducha
V Threadfin   Blackspot Threadfin Polydactylus sextarius Kupe
V Stargazer   Spotted Stargazer Genyagnus monopterygius Kourepoua/ Catfish
I Crab, Korean or Crab, Kegani or Crab, Snow (*) CFR 102.50 Kegani Crab Erimacrus isenbeckii Korean Variety Crab/ Hair Crab/ Horse Crab
V Surgeonfish   Goldring Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus Kole/ Bristletoothed Surgeonfish/ Yelloweye Surgeonfish/ Spotted Bristletooth
V Croaker   Cob Argyrosomus hololepidotus Kob
V Shark   Bignose Shark Carcharhinus altimus Knopp's Shark
V Wahoo   Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri Kinkfish/ Peto/ Guarapucu/ Ono/ Thazard Batard
V Kingfish   Gulf Kingfish Menticirrhus littoralis King Whiting/ Surf Whiting/ Silver Wyhiting/ Virginia Mullet
V Eel, Snake or Keoghfish   Giant Snake Eel Ophichthus rex King Snake Eel
V Goatfish     Mulloidichthys spp. King Mullet/ Weke a A/ Vanikolo Goatfish/ Weke Ula
V Spotted Sillago   Spotted Whiting Sillaginodes punctatus King George Whiting
I Crab, Lithodes   Lithodes Crab Neolithodes brodiei King Crab/ Stone Crab
V Flounder   Greenback Flounder Rhombosolea tapirina Karei
V Flounder   New Zealand Lemon Sole Pelotretis flavilatus Karea/ Lemon Sole (New Zealand)
V Jack or Rainbow Runner   Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata Kamanu/ Runner/ Yellowtail/ Skipjack/ Shoemaker
V Sculpin   Great Sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus Kalog
V Jobfish   Lavender Jobfish Pristipomoides sieboldii Kali Kali
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V Snapper   Onespot Snapper Lutjanus monostigma Kakaka/ Red Snapper/ Blackspot Mayamaya
V Dory   Mirror Dory Zenopsis nebulosa Kagamidai/ Ginbatou/ Mirror Perch
V Jack   Horse-eye Jack Caranx latus Jurel/ Xurel/ Yellow Jack
I Shrimp   Giant Tiger Prawn Penaeus monodon Jumbo Tiger Prawn/ Black Tiger Shrimp
I Giant Calamari   Jumbo Squid Dosidicus gigas Jumbo Flying Squid
V Puffer   Smooth Puffer Lagocephalus laevigatus Jugfish/ Rabbitfish/ Tambor/ Swellfish/ Silvery Puffer
V Hind   Speckled Hind Epinephelus drummondhayi John Paw
I Jellyfish     Rhopilema spp. Jerryfish
V Spearfish   Shortbill Spearfish Tetrapturus angustirostris Japanese Spearfish/ Shortnose Spearfish
V Bass, Sea   Japan Sea Bass Lateolabrax japonicus Japanese Seaperch/ Seaperch/ Perch/ Common Sea Bass
I Scallop   Common Japanese Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis Japanese Scallop
V Pilchard or Sardine   Japanese Pilchard Sardinops melanostictus Japanese Sardine/ True Sardine/ Spotlined Sardine
I Oyster (*) CFR 161.130 Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Japanese Oyster/ Pacific Giant Oyster
V Smelt   Deepsea Smelt Glossanodon semifasciatus Japanese Argentine/ Halfbanded Argentine
V Jack or Trevally   White Trevally Pseudocaranx dentex Jackfish/ Araara/ Silver Trevally/ Skipjack/ Guelly Jack/ Toothed Trevally/ Longsnout Trevally
V Pike   Northern Pike Esox lucius Jack/ Snake/ Jackpike/ Jackfish/ Grass Pike
V Whitefish   Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis Inland Whitefish/ Labrador White Fish/ Shad
V Marlin   Black Marlin Makaira indica Indian Spearfish/ Shirokajaki/ Spearfish/ Swordfish
V Threadfin   Fourfinger Threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum Indian Salmon/ Gurjali
V Eel, Conger   Gray Conger Conger cinereus Indian Conger Eel/ Pacific White Eel/ Black Conger Eel
I Shrimp   Jinga Shrimp Metapenaeus affinis Indian Brown Shrimp
V Sturgeon   Bester Huso huso (fem) x Acipenser ruthenus (male) Hybrid Sturgeon
V Grenadier or Argentine Straptail or Hualca or Hake or Whiting   Patagonian Grenadier Macruronus magellanicus Hueica/ Huaica
V Snapper   Colorado Snapper Lutjanus colorado Huachinango/ Red Snapper/ Pargo Colorado
V Snapper   Rufous Snapper Lutjanus jordani Huachinango/ Red Snapper/ Jordan's Snapper
I Pen Shell   Pen Shell Atrina pectinata Horse Mussel
I Clam, Surfclam   Pacific Gaper Tresus nuttallii Horse Clam
I Clam, Surfclam   Fat Gaper Tresus capax Horse Clam
V Salmon, Coho or Silver or Medium Red (*) CFR 161.170 Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch (RFE) Hoopid Salmon/ White Salmon/ Silver Salmon/ Medium Red Salmon
V Grunt   Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera Hogfish/ Sailors Choice/ Redmouthed Grunt
V Shad   Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris Hickory Jack/ Hick/ Bonejack/ Shad Herring/ Fall Herring
V Mullet   Yelloweye Mullet Aldrichetta forsteri Herring/ Aua/ Awa/ Matakawhiti
V Smelt   Great Silver Smelt Argentina silus Herring Smelt/ Atlantic Argentine
I Clam, Surfclam   Atlantic Surfclam Spisula solidissima Hen Clam/ Bar Clam/ Sea Clam
I Cockle or Cockle Clam   Common Cockle Clinocardium nuttallii Heart Cockle/ Basket Cockle
V Ladyfish   Ladyfish Elops hawaiensis Hawaiian Tarpon/ Giant Herring/ Tenpounder/ Awa Awa
V Tang   Black Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis Hawaiian Surgeonfish
V Mackerel, Jack   Yellowtail Horse Mackerel Trachurus novaezelandiae Hature/ Yellowtail Horse Mackerel/ Horse Mackerel/ Cowanyoung
V Mackerel, Jack   Greenback Scad Trachurus declivis Hature/ Horse Mackerel/ Scad/ Bung/ Yellowtail/ Greenback Scad
V Scad   Koheru Decapterus koheru Hature
V Jack or Blue Runner   Blue Runner Caranx crysos Hardtail/ Hardtail Jack/ Yellow Jack/ Jack Crevalle
I Clam or Quahog   Northern Quahog Mercenaria mercenaria Hardshell/ Littleneck
I Crab, Blue   Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (RFE) Hardshell Crab/ Softshell Crab
V Croaker   Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus Hardhead
I Clam or Quahog   Southern Quahog Mercenaria campechiensis Hard Clam/ Gulf Quahog
V Shark or Hammerhead   Scalloped Hammerhead Sphyrna lewini Hammerhead Shark/ Bronze Hammerhead
V Grouper   Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus Hamlet/ Cherna Criolla/ Rockfish
V Amberjack   Buri Seriola quinqueradiata Hamachi/ Yellowtail/ Racing Tuna
V Anchovy   Japanese Anchovy Engraulis japonicus Halfmouthed Sardine
V Whiting   Southern Hake Merluccius australis Hake/ English Hake/ Southern Hake
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V Whiting   European Hake Merluccius merluccius Hake
V Herring, Thread   Atlantic Thread Herring Opisthonema oglinum Hairy-back/ Shad-herring/ Spat/ Bristle Herring/ Sargo
V Searobin   Northern Searobin Prionotus carolinus Gurnard/ Robin/ Flying Fish/ Green Eye/ Carolina Robin
V Bass, Sea   Bank Sea Bass Centropristis ocyurus Gulf Sea Bass/ Tallywag
V Eelpout   Eelpout Zoarces viviparus Guffer Eel/ Viviparous Blenny
V Houndfish   Houndfish Tylosurus crocodilus Guardfish/ Garfish/ Crocodile Needlefish
V Barracuda   Guaguanche Sphyraena guachancho Guacuanche Pelon
V Sandperch   (Sand-divers) Parapercis spp. Grubfish/ Sand Smelt/ Sand Perch/ Whiting/ Blue Cod
V Anchovy   Flat Anchovy Anchoviella perfasciata Grubber/ Broadhead
I Shrimp   Green Tiger Prawn Penaeus semisulcatus Grooved Tiger Prawn
V Searobin   Bluefin Searobin Chelidonichthys kumu Grondin Rouget/ Kumu/ Kumu Gurnard/ Kumukumu/ Gurnard/ Red Gurnard
V Grouper   Persian Grouper Epinephelus areolatus Greenspotted Rockcod/ Areolated Rockcod/ Areolated Reefcod/ Squaretail Rockcod/ Yellowspotted Rockcod
V Tilapia   Longfin Tilapia Oreochromis macrochir  Greenhead Bream/ Greenhead Tilapia
V Opaleye   Opaleye Girella nigricans Greenfish/ California Bluefish/ Mangrove Fish/ Parore
I Mussel   New Zealand Green Mussel Perna canaliculus Green-lipped Mussel/ Perna
V Tench   Tench Tinca tinca Green Tench
I Lobster, Rock   Eastern Spiny Lobster Jasus verreauxi Green Rock Lobster
V Croaker   Japanese Croaker Argyrosomus japonicus Green Perch/ Japanese Meagre
V Shark, Dogfish or Shark, Cape   Large Spotted Dogfish Scyliorhinus stellaris Greater Spotted Dogfish/ Nursehound/ Catfish/ Huss
V Shark   White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Great White Shark/ White Pointer/ Maneater/ Blue Pointer
V Sturgeon   Beluga Huso huso Great Sturgeon/ Hausen/ Beluga/ Giant Beluga
V Shark or Hammerhead   Smalleye Hammerhead Sphyrna tudes Great Hammerhead/ Squat-headed Hammerhead Shark
V Flyingfish   California Flyingfish Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus Great Flyingfish
V Flounder   Starry Flounder Platichthys stellatus (RFE) Great Flounder/ California Flounder/ Emerywheel/ Grindstone
V Amberjack or Yellowtail   Yellowtail Seriola lalandi (RFE) Great Amberjack/ Horseeye Bonito/ Coronado/ Amberjack
V Tilefish   Blueline Tilefish Caulolatilus microps Gray Tilefish
V Pickerel   Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus Grass Pickerel/ Barred Pickerel/ Smaller Pickerel
V Shark   Gray Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Graceful Shark/ Longnose Blacktail Shark/ Black Shark
V Shad   Twaite Shad Alosa agone Goureen/ Mayfish
V Sucker   Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus Gourd-seed Sucker/ Missouri Sucker/ Blackhorse
V Bata   Bata Labeo bata Gootellah/ Bango/ Tohirri
V Cod, Morid   Morid Cod Mora moro Goodly-eyed Cod/ Ribaldo/ Deepsea Cod/ White Cod
V Pompano   Snubnose Pompano Trachinotus blochii Goldfin Permit/ Golden Permit/ Tropical Permit/ Snubnose Dart/ Bloch's Dart/ Ladyfish/ Pampano/ Pamphlet/ Tropical Pompano
I Shrimp   Golden Shrimp Plesionika martia Golden Prawn
I Crab, Brown King (*) CFR 102.50 Golden King Crab Lithodes aequispinus Golden Crab
V Sunfish   Warmouth Chaenobryttus gulosus Goggle-eye/ Bigmouth/ Black Sunfish/ Bream/ Buffalo Bass
V Scad   Bigeye Scad Selar crumenophthalmus Goggle Eye/ Cigarfish/ Goggle Eye Jack/ Chicharro
V Dory   John Dory Zeus faber Girtie/ St. Peter's Fish/ Peterfish
V Skilfish   Skilfish Erilepis zonifer Giant Skilfish/ Fat Priest
V Barramundi   Barramundi Perch Lates calcarifer Giant Perch/ Palmer/ Cockup/ Bekti/ Nairfish/ Silver Barramundi/ Asian Seabass
I Limpet   Owl Limpet Lottia gigantea Giant Owl Limpet
V Sculpin   Cabezon Scorpaenichthys marmoratus Giant Marbled Sculpin/ Marbled Sculpin
I Coquina, False   Giant False Coquina Iphigenia brasiliana Giant Coquina
V Grouper or Jewfish   Goliath Epinephelus itajara Giant Atlantic Jewfish/ Guasa/ Mero/ Cabrilla/ Hind
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Albacore Thunnus alalunga (RFE) Germon/ Longfinned Tuna/ Albecor/ T. Germo
V Mackerel   Butterfly Mackerel Gasterochisma melampus Gastoro/ Bigscale Mackerel/ Butterfly Kingfish
V Alewife or River Herring   Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus Gaspegeau/ River Herring/ Branch Herring/ Gray Herring
V Rockfish   Kelp Rockfish Sebastes atrovirens Garrupa
V Gar   Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus Gar Pike/ Garfish/ Billfish/ Ohio Gar
V Lizardfish   Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens Galliwasp/ Lagarto/ Soapfish/ Providence Whiting
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V Lizardfish   Sand Diver Synodus intermedius Galliwasp
V Tilapia   Mango Tilapia Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus Galilee Mouthbrooder/ St. Peter's Fish
V Tomcod   Atlantic Tomcod Microgadus tomcod Frostfish/ Snig/ Tommy Cod
V Mullet   Wartynosed Mullet Crenimugil crenilabis Fringelip Mullet
V Sole or Flounder   Sand Sole Psettichthys melanostictus Fringe Sole
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Bullet Tuna Auxis rochei Frigate Tuna/ Plain Bonito/ Bonitou/ Melvera/ Bullet Mackerel
I Shrimp, Freshwater   Ohio Shrimp Macrobrachium ohione Freshwater Prawn
I Shrimp, Freshwater   Bigclaw River Shrimp Macrobrachium carcinus Freshwater Prawn
I Shrimp, Freshwater   Cinnamon River Shrimp Macrobrachium acanthurus Freshwater Prawn
V Flounder   Black Flounder Rhombosolea retiaria Freshwater Flounder/ River Flounder
V Shark, Thresher   Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus (RFE) Fox Shark/ Sea Fox/ Swingletail/ Whiptail Shark/ Thintail Shark
V Flyingfish   Clearwing Flyingfish Cypselurus comatus Fourwinged Flyingfish
V Flounder   Fourspot Flounder Hippoglossina oblonga Fourspotted Fluke
V Flounder or Whiff   Fourspot Scaldfish Lepidorhombus boscii Fourspot Megrim
I Squid or Calamari   Southern Shortfin Squid Illex coindetii Flying Squid/ Medium Squid/ Broadtail Shortfin Squid
V Flounder or Fluke   Smalleye Flounder Paralichthys microps Fluke
V Grouper   Mottled Grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus Flowery Cod/ Carpet Cod/ Black Rockcod/ Rockcod
V Rockfish   Gopher Rockfish Sebastes carnatus Flesh-colored Rockcod
V Skate   Sandpaper Skate Bathyraja interrupta Flathead Skate
I Lobster, Slipper   Flathead Locust Lobster Thenus orientalis Flathead Lobster
V Sole or Flounder   Flathead Sole Hippoglossoides elassodon Flathead Flounder/ Halibut-like Flounder
V Snapper   Blacktail Snapper Lutjanus fulvus Flame Colored Snapper/ Toau/ Red-margined Seaperch
V Cod   Greenland Cod Gadus ogac Fjord Cod/ Pilot/ Ogac/ Uvak
V Trout   Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys Fighting Sheefish/ Caspian Iconnu/ Sheefish
V Tripletail   Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis Falsher/ Chobie/ Lumpfish/ Strawberry Bass/ Black Perch
V Sardine   Spanish Sardine Sardinella aurita False Sardine/ Sardina/ Bang
I Abalone-style Shellfish   Sea Snail Concholepas concholepas False Abalone/ Locos
V Flounder   Eyed Flounder Bothus ocellatus Eyed Platefish
V Perch   Eurasian Perch Perca fluviatilis European Perch
I Oyster   Edible Oyster Ostrea edulis European Oyster
I Mussel   Mediterranean Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis European Mussel
V Ling   Ling Molva molva European Ling/ Ling Cod/ Molva/ Sea Pike/ Drizzie
V Carp   Common Carp Cyprinus carpio European Carp/ German Carp/ Mirror Carp
V Smelt   Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Eurachon/ Candlefish/ Oolachon/ Pacific Smelt
V Grouper   Greasy Rockcod Epinephelus tauvina Estuary Rockcod/ Spotted River Cod/ Groper/ Cod/ Tauvino/ Tauvina Grouper
V Cutlassfish   Black Scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Espada Preta
V Whiting   European Whiting Merlangius merlangus English Whiting/ Scotch Haddock
V Whiting   Chilean Hake Merluccius gayi English Hake/ Hake/ Peruvian Hake/ Peruvian Whiting/ Chilean Whiting
I Squid or Calamari   Argentine Shortfin Squid Illex argentinus Encornet Rouge Argentin
V Burbot   Burbot Lota lota Eelpout/ Ling/ Freshwater Cod
V Sauger   Sauger Sander canadensis Eastern Sauger/ Sand Pike/ Sand Pickerel/ Gray Pike/ Canadian Pike/ Pike Perch
V Pickerel   Chain Pickerel Esox niger Eastern Pickerel/ Mud Pickerel/ Grass Pickerel/ Pike
V Cod   Toothed Cod Arctogadus borisovi East Siberian Cod
V Sole   Sole Austroglossus pectoralis East Coast Sole/ Tong
V Shark or Smoothhound   Brown Smoothhound Mustelus henlei Drab Brown Smoothhound
V Mahi-mahi   Dolphin Coryphaena hippurus (RFE) Dorado/ Common Dolphinfish
V Trout   Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma Dolly Verden Trout/ Malma Trout/ Oregon Char/ Bull Trout
V Butterfish   Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus Dollarfish/ Skipjack/ Harvesterfish/ Sheepshead
V Salmon, Pink or Humpback (*) CFR 161.170 Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (RFE) Dog Salmon/ Gorbusch/ Haddo/ Holia
V Salmon, Chum or Keta (*) CFR 161.170 Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta Dog Salmon/ Calico Salmon/ Chub/ Keta Salmon
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V Herring   Indian Pellona Pellona ditchela Ditchellee/ Toothed Shad/ Chaa/ Bonjy Herring
V Butterfish   Harvestfish Peprilus paru Diamondfish/ Starfish
V Turbot   Diamond Turbot Pleuronichthys guttulatus Diamond Flounder
I Crab, Rock   Edible Rock Crab Cancer pagurus Devon Crab/ Common European Crab
V Warehou   White Warehou Seriolella caerulea Deepsea Warehou
I Lobster, Norway   Norway Lobster Nephrops norvegicus Deepsea Lobster/ Norwegian Lobster
V Sardine   Perforated-scale Sardine Sardinella albella Deepbodied Sardine/ Deep Body Herring/ Lapad
I Shrimp or Pink Shrimp   Northern Shrimp Pandalus borealis Deep Water Prawn
V Chimaera   Ratfish Hydrolagus novaezealandiae Dark Ghost Shark/ Pearl Fillets
V Aholehole   Spotted Flagtail Kuhlia marginata Damagan
V Flounder   Sand Flounder Rhombosolea plebeia Dab/ Patiki
V Flounder or Dab   Speckled Flounder Limanda punctatissima Dab/ Longsnout Flounder/ Sand Flounder/ Sunagarei
V Sole or Flounder   Curlfin Sole Pleuronichthys decurrens Curlfin Turbot
V Lingcod   Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus (RFE) Cultus Cod/ Blue Cod/ Buffalo Cod/ Ling
V Snapper   Cubera Snapper Lutjanus cyanopterus Cuban Snapper/ Cubera
V Shark   Bull Shark Carcharhinus leucas Cub Shark/ Roundnose Shark/ Pigeye Shark/ Fish Shark
I Lobster, Spiny   Caribbean Spiny Lobster Panulirus argus Crawfish/ Rock Lobster/ Bug/ Florida Lobster
I Lobster, Spiny   Royal Spiny Lobster Panulirus regius Crawfish
V Cobia   Cobia Rachycentron canadum Crabeater/ Sergeantfish/ Bonito/ Cabio/ Cubby Yew
V Shark   Sixgill Shark Hexanchus griseus Cow Shark/ Bullshark/ Bulldog/ Grey Shark/ Mud Shark
V Shark   Sevengill Shark Notorynchus cepedianus Cow Shark/ Broadsnouted Shark/ Roundsnout Shark
V Whiting, Blue   Blue Whiting Micromesistius poutassou Couch's Whiting/ Poutassou/ Putassu
V Croaker   Reef Croaker Odontoscion dentex Corvina
V Rockfish   Rosy Rockfish Sebastes rosaceus Corsair
V Seabass   White Seabass Atractoscion nobilis Corbina/ California White Seabass
V Croaker   Giant Captainfish Pseudotolithus elongatus Corb/ Niger Corb
V Rockfish   Mexican Rockfish Sebastes macdonaldi Coralred Rockfish
V Warehou   Blue Warehou Seriolella brama Common Warehou/ Whario/ Trevalle
V Grunt   Striped Grunt Haemulon striatum Common Tomtate/ White Grunt
I Shrimp   Brown Tiger Prawn Penaeus esculentus Common Tiger Prawn
V Sunfish   Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus Common Sunfish/ Sunny/ Tobaccobox/ Sand Perch/ Bream
V Sole   European Dover Sole Solea vulgaris Common Sole/ Genuine Dover Sole
V Pompano   Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus Common Pompano/ Atlantic Pompano/ Sunfish/ Butterfish
V Mackerel, Chub   Spotted Chub Mackerel Scomber australasicus Common Mackerel/ Slimy Mackerel/ Blue Mackerel
V Mackerel, Chub   Chub Mackerel Scomber japonicus (RFE) Common Mackerel/ Japanese Mackerel/ Pacific Mackerel/ Spanish Mackerel
V Mackerel   Atlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus Common Mackerel/ Boston Mackerel/ Caballa
V Hogfish   Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus Common Hogfish/ Hogsnapper/ Capitan/ Perro Perro
V Herring or Sea Herring or Sild   Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus Common Herring/ Labrador Herring/ Sardine/ Sperling
V Shark or Hammerhead   Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena Common Hammerhead/ Roundheaded Hammerhead
V Halibut (*) CFR 102.57 Pacific Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis Common Halibut/ Whitesided Paltus
V Halibut (*) CFR 102.57 Atlantic Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus Common Halibut
V Greenling   Whitespotted Greenling Hexagrammos stelleri Common Greenling
V Eel   European Eel Anguilla anguilla Common Eel/ Glass Eel/ Elver/ Yellow Eel/ Silver Eel
V Eel, Freshwater   American Eel Anguilla rostrata Common Eel/ Atlantic Eel/ Silver Eel/ Freshwater Eel
V Char   Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus Common Char/ Alpine Trout/ Alpine Char/ Sea Trout
V Bullhead or Catfish   Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus Common Bullhead/ American Catfish/ Mud Cat/ Mud Pout
V Bigeye   Bigeye Priacanthus arenatus Common Bigeye/ Catalufa/ Blear-eye/ Glass-eye
V Angelfish   Blue Angelfish Holacanthus bermudensis Common Angelfish/ Queen Angelfish/ Isabelita
V Anchovy   Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli Common Anchovy/ Whitebait
I Scallop   Australian Scallop Pecten meridionalis Commercial Scallop/ Southern Scallop/ Common Scallop
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V Trout   Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii Columbia River Trout/ Blackspotted Trout
V Hake   White Hake Urophycis tenuis (RFE) Codling/ Squirrel Hake/ Ling/ Steakfish
V Croaker     Paralonchurus spp. Coco/ Suco
V Jack   Green Jack Caranx caballus Cocinero/ Cocinero Dorado/ Jurel/ Common Green Jack
V Jack   Striped Jack Caranx vinctus Cocinera/ Barred Jack/ Mazatlan Jack
V Oilfish   Oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus (RFE) Cocco/ Castor Oil Fish
V Trout, Rainbow or Steelhead   Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (RFE) Coastal Rainbow Trout/ Silver Trout/ Salmon/ Brook Trout/ Rainbow Trout
V Knifefish or Featherback   Knifefish Chitala chitala Clown Knifefish/ Knifefish
V Scad   Round Scad Decapterus punctatus Cigarfish/ Round Robin/ Dotted Scad/ Quia-quia
V Cisco or Chub   Longjaw Cisco Coregonus alpenae Chub
V Cisco or Chub   Shortjaw Cisco Coregonus zenithicus Chub
V Paddlefish   Chinese Paddlefish Psephurus gladius Chinese Paddlefish
I Patagonian Sea Scallop   Patagonian Scallop Zygochlamys patagonica Chilean Scallop/ Southern Scallop
V Kingklip     Genypterus spp. Chilean Ling
I Clam, Venus   New Zealand Cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi Cherrystone Clam/ Dog Cockle
V Grouper   Red Grouper Epinephelus morio Cherna Americana/ Negre
V Drum or Redfish   Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus (RFE) Channel Bass/ Spottail/ Spotted Bass/ Bull Redfish
V Kingklip   Black Kingklip Genypterus maculatus Chacha/ Congrio Negro
V Mackerel, Spanish   King Mackerel Scomberomorus cavalla Cavalla/ Cero/ Sierra
V Shark   Leopard Shark Triakis semifasciata Catshark
V Angelfish   Rock Beauty Holacanthus tricolor Catalineta/ Black Angel
V Grunt or Porkfish   Porkfish Anisotremus virginicus Catalineta
V Jack   Bar Jack Carangoides ruber Carrang/ Little Skipjack/ Green Jack/ Cibi/ Carbonero/ Skipjack
V Sucker or Redhorse   Shorthead Redhorse Sucker Moxostoma macrolepidotum Carolina Redhorse/ Neuse Redhorse/ Northern Redhorse
V Snapper   Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus (RFE) Caribbean Red Snapper/ Mexican Snapper
I Lobsterette   Caribbean Lobsterette Metanephrops binghami Caribbean Lobster
V Capelin   Capelin Mallotus villosus Caplin/ Lodde/ Moiva
I Lobster, Rock   Cape Spiny Lobster Jasus lalandii Cape Rock Lobster
V Kingfish or Corbina   California Corbina Menticirrhus undulatus California Whiting/ Sand Sucker
V Tomcod   Pacific Tomcod Microgadus proximus California Tomcod
V Sole or Flounder   Petrale Sole Eopsetta jordani (RFE) California Sole/ Brill/ Petral
V Pilchard or Sardine   Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax California Sardine/ California Pilchard/ Sardina/ South American Sardine/ Chilean Pilchard
V Bass, Sea   Barred Sand Bass Paralabrax nebulifer California Sand Bass/ Sand Bass/ Johnny Verde/ Kelp Bass
V Butterfish   Pacific Pompano Peprilus simillimus California Pompano/ Pacific Butterfish
V Herring or Sea Herring or Sild   Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii California Herring/ Easter Herring/ Seld
V Halfmoon   Halfmoon Medialuna californiensis California Halfmoon/ Medialuna/ Blue Perch
V Whiting, North Pacific or Whiting, Pacific (*) CFR 102.46 Pacific Whiting Merluccius productus California Hake
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Pacific Bonito Sarda chiliensis (RFE) California Bonito/ Skipjack
V Croaker or Corvina   Shortfin Corvina Cynoscion parvipinnis California Bluefish/ Shortfin Seabass
V Silverside   Jacksmelt Atherinopsis californiensis California Blue Smelt/ California Smelt/ Pecado Del Ray
V Barracuda   Pacific Barracuda Sphyraena argentea (RFE) California Barracuda/ Barracouta
V Shark, Angel   Pacific Angel Shark Squatina californica California Angel Shark/ Monkfish/ Northern Angel Shark
V Crappie   Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Calico Bass/ Oswego Bass/ Strawberry Bass/ Grass Bass
V Schoolmaster   Schoolmaster Lutjanus apodus (RFE) Caji/ Pargo Amarillo
V Sardine   False Pilchard Harengula clupeola Cailleu/ Sardina Escamuda/ Sprat
V Grunt or Cottonwick   Cottonwick Haemulon melanurum Caesar Grunt/ Jeniguana/ Comical Grunt
V Cabrilla   Spotted Cabrilla Epinephelus analogus Cabrilla Pinta/ Gag
V Gemfish or Caballa   White Snake Mackerel Thyrsitops lepidopoides Caballa Blanca/ Cavalinha
V Turbot   Turbot Psetta maxima Butt/ Breet/ Britt
V Shark   Dusky Shark Carcharhinus obscurus Busky Shark/ Bay Shark/ Brown Shark/ Shovelnose
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V Bombay Duck   Bombay Duck Harpadon nehereus Bumalo/ Bummalow
V Catfish   Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus (RFE) Bullhead/ Chuckleheaded Cat/ Mississippi Cat
V Wolffish   Northern Wolffish Anarhichas denticulatus Bullhead Catfish/ Broadheaded Catfish/ Arctic Wolffish/ Loup de Mer
V Aholehole   Rock Flagtail Kuhlia rupestris Buffalo Bream/ Perch
I Periwinkle   Common Periwinkle Littorina littorea Buckie/ Whelk
V Scad   Amberstripe Scad Decapterus muroadsi Brownstriped Mackerel Scad/ Horse Scad Mackerel
V Grouper   Brownspotted Rockcod Epinephelus chlorostigma Brownspotted Reefcod
I Crab, King or Hanasaki   Hanasaki Crab Paralithodes brevipes Brown Crab/ Box Crab/ Deepwater King Crab
V Shark   Narrowtoothed Shark Carcharhinus brachyurus Bronze Whaler Shark/ Toiki/ Cooper Shark/ River Shark
V Swordfish   Swordfish Xiphias gladius (RFE) Broadbilled Swordfish/ Broadbill/ Espada/ Emperado
I Squid or Calamari   Southern Reef Squid Sepioteuthis australis Broad Squid
V Flounder   Windowpane Scophthalmus aquosus (RFE) Brill/ Turbot/ Spotted Flounder/ Sand Dab/ Sand Flounder
V Flounder   New Zealand Brill Colistium guntheri Brill
V Porgy   Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides Bream/ Sailor's Choice/ Sargo/ Chop Spina/ Spanish Porgy
V Pomfret   Pacific Pomfret Brama japonica Bream/ Ray's Bream
V Pomfret   (Frostfishes) Lepidopus spp. Bream/ Jim Beam/ Ray's Bream/ Black Sea Bream
V Croaker     Pachypops spp. Brazilian Croaker/ Guyanan Croaker
V Drummer   Lowfinned Drummer Kyphosus vaigiensis Brass Bream/ Quili/ Pilotfish
I Clam, Surfclam   Freshwater Clam Rangia cuneata Brackishwater Clam/ Atlantic Rangia
V Bowfin   Bowfin Amia calva Bowfish/ Dogfish/ Mudfish/ Grindle/ Cyprus Trout
V Snapper   Blackfin Snapper Lutjanus buccanella Boucanello/ Red Snapper
V Shark or Bonnethead   Bonnethead Sphyrna tiburo Bonnet Shark/ Bonnetnose Shark/ Shovelhead
V Bluenose   Antarctic Cutlerfish Hyperoglyphe antarctica Bonita/ Stoneye/ Blue Bream
V Shark   Whitetip Reef Shark Triaenodon obesus Blunthead Shark/ Whitetip/ Smooth Dogfish/ Houndshark
I Crab, Swimming   Blue Swimming Crab Portunus pelagicus Bluey
V Sunfish   Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Bluespotted Sunfish/ Little Redeye/ Blackeyes
V Grouper   Purplespotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus Bluespotted Argus/ Black Rockcod/ Bluespotted Grouper
I Oyster (*) CFR 161.130 Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica Bluepoint/ American Oyster
V Bluegill   Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Bluegill Sunfish/ Blue Sunfish/ Sunfish/ Roach/ Bream
V Rudderfish   Rudderfish Kyphosus cinerascens Bluefish/ Blue Chub/ Nenue/ Tropical Drummer
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Longtail Tuna Thunnus tonggol Bluefin Tuna/ Northern Bluefin Tuna/ Bonito
V Jack or Trevally   Spotted Jack Caranx melampygus Bluefin Trevally/ Starjack/ Blue Ulua/ Blue Jack/ Spotted Trevally/ Blue Crevalle
V Snapper   Bluestriped Snapper Lutjanus kasmira Bluebanded Snapper/ Ta'ape/ Savani/ Funai/ Yellow and Blue Seaperch
V Mullet   White Mullet Mugil curema Blueback Mullet/ Liza
V Mullet   Liza Mugil liza Blueback Mullet/ Lebranche Mullet/ Fantail Mullet/ Striped Mullet
V Snapper   Five-lined Snapper Lutjanus quinquelineatus Blue-banded Seaperch
V Snapper   Sailfin Snapper Symphorichthys spilurus Blue and Gold Striped Snapper
V Tang or Surgeonfish   Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus Blue Surgeon/ Surgeonfish/ Barbero/ Blue Doctorfish
V Grouper   Spotted Grouper Cephalopholis taeniops Blue Spotted Sea Bass
V Shark, Mako   Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus (RFE) Blue Pointer/ Bonito Shark/ Atlantic Mako Shark/ Pacific Mako Shark
V Trumpeter   Bastard Trumpeter Latridopsis ciliaris Blue Moki/ Moki Trumpeter/ Moki
V Herring or River Herring   Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalis Blue Herring/ Winter Herring/ Glut Herring
V Shark   Blue Shark Prionace glauca Blue Dog/ Blue Whaler/ Blue Pointer/ Great Blue Shark
V Grunt or Sweetlips   Black Sweetlips Plectorhinchus nigrus Blubberlip Bream/ Black Sweetlip
V Cisco or Chub   Shortnose Cisco Coregonus reighardi Bloater/ Grayback/ Chub
V Snapper   Queen Snapper Etelis oculatus Bleareyed Snapper/ Night Snapper/ Cachucho
V Tilefish   Pacific Sandperch Prolatilus jugularis Blanquillo/ Tile Blanquille
V Tilefish   Sand Tilefish Malacanthus plumieri Blanquillo/ Sandfish
V Grouper   Blacktip Grouper Epinephelus fasciatus Blacktip Rockcod/ Banded Reefcod/ Sea Bass
V Snapper   John's Snapper Lutjanus johnii Blackspot Snapper/ Plainscaled Snapper/ Thailand Snapper/ Spotted Scale Seaperch
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V Rockfish   Darkblotched Rockfish Sebastes crameri Blackmouth Rockfish
V Tilefish   Goldface Tilefish Caulolatilus chrysops Blackline Tilefish/ Blanquill
V Bass, Sea   Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata Blackfish/ Rock Bass/ Black Bass/ Bluefish/ Tallywag
V Tautog   Tautog Tautoga onitis Blackfish/ Oysterfish/ Black Porgy/ Sea Dog/ Cub
V Tilapia   Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron Blackchin Mouthbrooder/ African Sunfish/ Black Mouthbrooder
V Skate   (Ocellate Skates) Raja spp. Blackbellied Skate/ Roughskinned Skate/ Swhai/ Suei
V Tripletail or Tigerfish   Fourband Tripletail Datnioides polota Blackbanded Tripletail
V Rockfish   Tiger Rockfish Sebastes nigrocinctus Blackbanded Rockcod
V Jack   Black Jack Caranx lugubris Black Ulua/ Tarakito/ Tinosa
V Scad   Yellowtail Scad Atule mate Black Ulua/ Omaka/ Deep Trevally/ Finlet Scad
V Sucker   White Sucker Catostomus commersonii Black Sucker/ Buffalofish/ Brood Sucker/ Freshwater Mullet
V Sole   Oriental Sole Brachirus orientalis Black Sole/ Oriental Black Sole
V Shark   Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus Black Shark/ Blackfin Reef Shark
V Surfperch   Black Surfperch Embiotoca jacksoni Black Seaperch/ Common Surffish/ Black Surffish
V Rockfish   Blue Rockfish Sebastes mystinus Black Rockfish/ Rockcod/ Priestfish
V Pomfret   Black Pomfret Parastromateus niger (RFE) Black Pompano/ Sweep/ False Butterfish
V Grouper   Warsaw Grouper Epinephelus nigritus Black Jewfish/ Black Grouper
V Grunt   White Grunt Haemulon plumierii Black Grunt/ Common Grunt/ Ronco Ronco/ Boar Grunt
V Grunt   Caesar Grunt Haemulon carbonarium Black Grunt/ Blacktail Grunt
V Grouper   Misty Grouper Epinephelus mystacinus Black Grouper
V Torpedo   Atlantic Torpedo Torpedo nobiliana Black Electric Ray/ Dark Electric Ray/ Skate/ Crampfish
V Triggerfish   Black Durgon Melichthys niger Black Durgon/ Humuhumu Eleele
V Icefish   Icefish Gobionotothen marionensis Black Cod/ Maori Chief
V Sablefish   Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria Black Cod/ Butterfish/ Skil/ Skilfish/ Beshow/ Coalfish
V Croaker   Black Croaker Atrobucca nibe Black Chinese Croaker/ Blackmouth Croaker
V Bass   Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Black Bass/ Largemouth Osego Bass/ Chub/ Trout/ Jumper
V Bass   Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu Black Bass/ Bass Hogfish/ Black Perch
V Angelfish   Gray Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatus Black Angel/ Black Angelfish/ Chirivita/ Portugaise
V Surfperch   Rubberlip Seaperch Rhacochilus toxotes Bigmouth Surffish/ Alfione
V Croaker     Pterotolithus spp. Bigmouth Croaker/ False Seatrout
V Rockfish   Sharpchin Rockfish Sebastes zacentrus Bigeyed Rockfish
V Shark, Thresher   Bigeye Thresher Shark Alopias superciliosus Bigeye
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Bigeye Tuna Thunnus obesus Big Eye/ Ahi-b
V Cunner   Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus Biergall/ Perch/ Sea Perch/ Blue Perch/ Bergall/ Nipper
V Tripletail   West Coast Tripletail Lobotes pacificus Berrugate/ Pacific Tripletail
I Beni-zuwai Crab   Beni-zuwai Crab Chionoecetes japonicus Beni-zuwai Crab
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Atlantic Bonito Sarda sarda Belted Bonito/ Pelamid/ Shortfinned Tunny
V Bonito (*) CFR 102.47 Striped Bonito Sarda orientalis Belted Bonito/ Oriental Bonito/ Skipjack
V Snapper   Vermilion Snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens Beeliner/ Clubhead Snapper/ Night Snapper
V Cod, Morid   Rock Cod Lotella rhacina Beardie
V Grouper   Gulf Grouper Mycteroperca jordani Baya
V Silverside   Topsmelt Atherinops affinis Bay Smelt/ Jack/ Least Smelt
I Mussel   Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis Bay Mussel
V Drum     Larimus spp. Bastard Perch/ Banded Croaker/ Banded Larimus
V   CFR 102.57 California Halibut (*) Paralichthys californicus Bastard Halibut/ Monterey Halibut
V Flounder   Olive Flounder Paralichthys olivaceus Bastard Halibut/ False Halibut/ Left Mouth
V Bass, Sea   European Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax Bass/ Bronzini
V Flatwhiskered Fish (*) FD&C 403(t) Flatwhiskered Catfish (*) Pinirampus pirinampu Barba-chata
V Pipefish   Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus Banded Pipefish/ Green Pipefish/ Billfish
I Lobster, Spiny   Hawaiian Spiny Lobster Panulirus marginatus Bandal Spiny Lobster
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V Scamp   Scamp Mycteroperca phenax Bacalao
V Flounder   Slime Flounder Microstomus achne Babagarei
V Milkfish   Milkfish Chanos chanos (RFE) Awa/ Bangos/ Bandang
I Lobster, Spiny   Western Red Lobster Panulirus cygnus Australian Spiny Lobster
V Pilchard or Sardine   Australian Pilchard Sardinops neopilchardus Australian Sardine/ Smid/ Maray
V Sandperch   Blue Cod Parapercis colias Australian Cod/ New Zealand Cod
V Anchovy   Southern Anchovy Engraulis australis Australian Anchovy/ Whitebait/ Smig/ Kokowhawa
V Porgy or Red Hawaiian Porgy   Squirefish Chrysophrys auratus (RFE) Australia Red Seabream/ Snapper/ Cockney/ Red Bream/ New Zealand Tai/ New Zealand Medai/ Old Man Snapper/ Schnapper/ Sea Bream/ Brim
V Marlin   White Marlin Tetrapturus albidus Atlantic White Marlin/ Jiki
V Tarpon   Tarpon Megalops atlanticus Atlantic Tarpon/ Silverfish/ Tarpum/ Silver King/ Sabalo/ Savalle
V Shad   American Shad Alosa sapidissima Atlantic Shad/ Potomac Shad/ Northern Silver Shad
V Shad, Gizzard   Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum Atlantic Shad/ Mud Shad/ Hickory Shad/ Lake Shad/ Sawbelly
V Herring   Round Herring Etrumeus teres Atlantic Round Herring/ Shadine/ Red-eyed Round Herring
V Perch, Ocean   Deepwater Redfish Sebastes mentella Atlantic Redfish/ Deepwater Rosefish
V Jack   Lookdown Selene vomer Atlantic Lookdown/ Moonfish/ Horsehead/ Dollarfish
I Limpet   Plant Limpet Tectura testudinalis Atlantic Limpet
V Killifish   Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus Atlantic Killifish
V Shark   Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus Atlantic Gray Shark
I Cockle   Atlantic Giant Cockle Dinocardium robustum Atlantic Cockle
V Chimaera     Hydrolagus spp. Atlantic Chimaera/ Pacific Chimaera/ African Chimaera/ Elephantfish
V Mackerel, Atka   Atka Mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius Atkafish/ Yellowfish
V Hind   Rock Hind Epinephelus adscensionis Ascension Rockcod/ Rockcod/ Polka Dot
V Flounder, Arrowtooth   Arrowtooth Flounder Reinhardtius stomias (RFE) Arrowtooth Halibut/ Turbot/ Paltus
V Flounder   Kamchatka Flounder Reinhardtius evermanni Arrowtooth Halibut/ Arctic Arrowtooth/ Turbot/ Paltus
I Squid or Calamari   Wellington Flying Squid Nototodarus sloanii Arrow Squid
V Snapper   Black Snapper Apsilus dentatus Arnillo
V Smelt   Lesser Silver Smelt Argentina sphyraena Argentine/ Siilsmelt/ Glassauge/ Stromsild/ European Argentine
V Cod   Polar Cod Arctogadus glacialis Arctic Greenland Cod
V Scad   Mackerel Scad Decapterus macarellus Antonino/ Ocean Robin
I Crab, Deepsea   Deepsea Crab Paralomis granulosa Antarctic Queen Crab/ Spanish Centolla/ European Washete/ Chilean centolla/ False King Crab/ Centollon/ Scampi
V Patagonian Toothfish or Chilean Seabass   Patagonian Toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides (RFE) Antarctic Cod/ Icefish/ Mero/ Sea Bass
I Squid or Calamari   Angola Flying Squid Todarodes angolensis Angola/ European Flying Squid
V Shark, Angel   Atlantic Angel Shark Squatina dumeril Angelfish/ Nurse Fish/ Monkfish/ Sand Devil
V Carp   Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Amur Carp/ Asiatic Carp/ Israel Carp
V Sturgeon   Amu Darya Sturgeon Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni Amu Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon/ False Shovelnose Sturgeon/ Shovelfish
V Menhaden   Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus American Menhaden/ Mossbunker/ Skipjack/ Shad/ Pogy/ Bunker
V Whiting   Silver Hake Merluccius bilinearis American Hake/ Silverfish/ Stockfish/ Winter Trout/ Frostfish
V Grayling   Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus American Grayling/ North American Grayling
V Ray, Cownose   Cownose Ray Rhinoptera bonasus American Cownose/ Cowfish
V Sturgeon   Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus American Atlantic Sturgeon/ Sea Sturgeon/ Sharpnosed Sturgeon
V Amberjack   Banded Rudderfish Seriola zonata Amberjack/ Jackfish/ Banded Mackerel
V Gilded Fish or Zungaro (*) FD&C 403(t) Gilded Catfish (*) Zungaro zungaro Amazon Catfish/ Gilded Catfish
V Shad   Allis Shad Alosa alosa Allice Shad/ Sabago/ Mayfish
V Alfonsino   Red Bream Beryx decadactylus Alfonsin a La Casta Larga
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus Albacore/ Giant Bluefin/ Northern Bluefin Tuna/ Tunny/ Oriental Tuna
I Scallop or Weathervane   Weathervane Scallop Patinopecten caurinus Alaskan Scallop
I Shrimp   Spot Shrimp Pandalus platyceros Alaskan Prawn
I Clam, Surfclam   Arctic Surfclam Mactromeris polynyma Alaska Surfclam/ Pinkneck
V Greenling   Masked Greenling Hexagrammos octogrammus Alaska Greenling/ Greenfish
V Cod or Alaska Cod   Pacific Cod Gadus macrocephalus (RFE) Alaska Cod/ Grey Cod/ True Cod/ Treska
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V Squirrelfish   Speckled Squirrelfish Sargocentron punctatissimum Ala Ihi/ Malau Faiumu
V Squirrelfish   Scarlet Squirrelfish Sargocentron spiniferum Ala Ihi Mama
V Mackerel, Jack   Japanese Scad Trachurus japonicus Aji/ Ma-aji
V Tuna (*) CFR 161.190 Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares (RFE) Ahi
V Kingklip   South African Kingklip Genypterus capensis African Kingklip
V Weakfish   Gray Seatrout Cynoscion acoupa Acoupa Weakfish
These search results were generated on 02/15/2009