Tour of the Searchable FDA Seafood List
The Seafood List (SL) is an On-line searchable version of the printed FDA Seafood List. It contains nomenclature information for almost 1500 species of finfish and shellfish, including the Latin Scientific Name, the Market Name (that FDA allows for the mareting of seafood), the (generally accepted Common Name, or any of the Vernacular or Regional Names that may be associated with the species. *Sea food Logo* The direct link for the Search Page is:
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/seaform.html

It may also be accessed from the Seafood section of the CFSAN

Food & Consumer Information Page
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

or from the

Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0html
The SL has provisions for forms-enabled browsers (such as NetScape or Microsoft Internet Explorer) or for Non-forms browsers (such as Lynx). Search terms of one word or a contiguous string may be entered (the search terms are not case sensitive). Once you have entered a search term, click on the SEND button (or tab to the SEND button and hit ENTER). The results will be retuned to your browser in the form of an HTML (hypertext) file. The RFE Team is also developing improved resources to supplement this search engine or future search engines for seafood list. These will provide additional information on nomenclature from non-SL sources as well as grouping by Order-Family-Genus.

 An experimental version of an enhanced Seafood List (1170 species of finfish):

Experimental Enhanced Seafood List
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/slfmrk.html

An RFE Browse facility with entries in tables grouped by family and including small thumbnail images from the RFE:

RFE Browse by Family Table
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe2fgs.html

NOTE: These are both very large files and may take 2-3 minutes to load with a fast connection and longer from a dial-up connection.

Search Term

Comments

Search Results
roughy Note that this gives results for any Seafood List Entry containing the term: roughy in the Scientific Name, the Market Name, the Common Name, or any of the Vernacular or Regional Names.

(The first 'hit' has only the word: rough; this is superfluous information and is caused by an 'unsophistocated' search engine that will be replaced - not all searches are perfect.)

Note that the search results contain an active hyperlink to the information for species that are included in the RFE.
(cf orange roughy)

 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Seafood Sublist
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition / Office of Seafood
Introduction to Seafood List
Introduction to Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

Market name
KAHAWAI
Scientific name
ARRIPIS GEORGIANUS
Common name
AUSTRALIAN RUFF
Regional name
RUFF
TOMMY ROUGH
SEA HERRING

Market name
ROUGHY
Scientific name
PARATRACHICHTHYS TRAILLI
Common name
PINKFINNED ROUGHY
Regional name
SANDPAPER FISH
COMMON ROUGHY

Market name
ROUGHY, ORANGE
Scientific name
HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS
Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
Common name
ORANGE ROUGHY
Regional name
RED ROUGHY

Market name
ROUGHY, SILVER
Scientific name
HOPLOSTETHUS MEDITERRANEUS
Common name
SILVER ROUGHY
Regional name
MEDITERRANEAN REDFISH
ROSY SOLDIERFISH
FLINT-PERCH
SAWBELLY
BLACKMOUTH ROUGHY
NEW ZEALAND SAWBELLY

This sublist was generated on 10 May 1997
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Send comments or questions to oco@cfsan.fda.gov

Search Term

Comments

Search Results
orange roughy Note that a more specific name returned only one SL entry in this instance.

Note that the search results contain an active hyperlink to the information for species that are included in the RFE.
(cf orange roughy)

 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Seafood Sublist
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition / Office of Seafood
Introduction to Seafood List
Introduction to Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

Market name
ROUGHY, ORANGE
Scientific name
HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS
Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
Common name
ORANGE ROUGHY
Regional name
RED ROUGHY

This sublist was generated on 10 May 1997
Return to the Introduction
Send comments or questions to oco3@cfsan.fda.gov
Last updated 2001-MAR-20 by frf