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Seafood Products Research Center Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia |
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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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White Marlin | FDA-SL Market Name: Marlin FDA-SL Common Name: White Marlin FDA-SL Sci. Name: Tetrapturus albidus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: wm FDA RFE 8 Letter code: tetralbi |
Vernac. 1) Atlantic White Marlin Vernac. 2) Jiki |
AFS Common Name: White Marlin AFS Sci. Name: Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Teptraturus albidus Poey, 1860 FAO Species Code: ISTIO Tetra 1 FAO Common English: Atlantic White Marlin FAO Common French: Makaire blanc de l'Atlantique FAO Common Spanish: Aguja blanca del Atlántico |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Tetrapturus albidus Poey, Memorias sobre la historia natural de la isla de Cuba, 2:237-244, 258-60, pl. 151 (fig. 1), pl. 16 (figs 2-13), pl. 17 (figs 1, 5, 6-10, 11, 26) (Cuba). FAO Synonyms: Tetrapturus lessonae Canestrini, 1861; Makaira lessonae-Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira albida-Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Lamontella albida-Smith 1956. |
Striped Marlin | FDA-SL Market Name: Marlin FDA-SL Common Name: Striped Marlin FDA-SL Sci. Name: Tetrapturus audax FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: sm FDA RFE 8 Letter code: tetrauda |
Vernac. 1) Marlinspike Vernac. 2) Barred Marlin Vernac. 3) Spearfish Vernac. 4) Takaketonga |
AFS Common Name: Striped Marlin AFS Sci. Name: Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Tetrapturus audax (Philippi, 1887) FAO Species Code: ISTIO Tetra 5 FAO Common English: Striped marlin FAO Common French: Marlin rayé FAO Common Spanish: Marlín rayado |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Histiophorus audax Philippi, 1887, Anal.Univ.Chile, 71:35-8, pl. 8 (figs 2 to 3) (Iquique, Chile). FAO Synonyms: Istiophorus audax-Abbott, 1899; Tetrapturus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Tetrapturus ectenes Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira grammatica Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira holei Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira zelandica Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Makaira audax-Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Marlina mitsukurii-Grey, 1928; Marlina zelandica-Whitley, 1937; Kajikia mitsukurii-Hirasaka & Nakamura, 1947; Kajikia formosana Hirasaka & Nakamura, 1947; Tetrapturus tenuirostratus Deraniyagara, 1951; Tetrapturus acutirostratus Deraniyagara, 1952; Makaira formosana-Matsubara, 1955; Marlina audax-Smith, 1956; Tetrapturus audax-Robins & de Slyba, 1961; Makaira audax zelandica-Whitley, 1962. |
Walleye Pollock | FDA-SL Market Name: Pollock (Alaska Pollock) FDA-SL Common Name: Walleye Pollock FDA-SL Sci. Name: Theragra chalcogramma FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: wy FDA RFE 8 Letter code: therchal |
Vernac. 1) Whiting Vernac. 2) Pacific Tomcod Vernac. 3) Pacific Pollock Vernac. 4) Alaska Pollock |
AFS Common Name: Walleye Pollock AFS Sci. Name: Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1811) FAO Species Code: GADI Ther 1 FAO Common English: Alaska pollock FAO Common French: Lieu de l'Alaska FAO Common Spanish: Colin de Alaska |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1811; Xoogr.Rosso-Asiat., 3:198. FAO Synonyms: Gadus periscopus Cope, 1873; Pollachius chalcogrammus, Jordan & Gilbert, 1881; Gadus minor Döderlein, 1887; Pollachius chalcogrammus fucensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1894; Theragra fucensis, Jordan & Evermann, 1898; Theragra chalcogramma chalcogramma natio fucensis, Svetovidov, 1948. |
Albacore | FDA-SL Market Name: Tuna FDA-SL Common Name: Albacore FDA-SL Sci. Name: Thunnus alalunga FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: al FDA RFE 8 Letter code: thunalal |
Vernac. 1) Germon Vernac. 2) Longfinned Tuna Vernac. 3) Albecor Vernac. 4) T. Germo |
AFS Common Name: Albacore AFS Sci. Name: Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) FAO Species Code: SCOMBR Thun 1 FAO Common English: Albacore FAO Common French: Germon FAO Common Spanish: Atún blanco |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Scomber alalunga Bonnaterre, 1788; Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, Ichthyologie:139 (Sardinia) FAO Synonyms: Scomber alatunga - Gmelin, 1789; Scomber germo Lacepède, 1800; Orcynus germon - Cuvier, 1817; Orcynus alalonga - Risso, 1826; Thynnus alalonga - Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Thynnus pacificus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Orcynus alatunga - Gill, 1862; Thunnus alalonga - South, 1845; Thunnus pacificus - South, 1845; Orcynus pacificus Cooper, 1863; Orcynus germo - Lütken, 1880; Germo alalonga - Jordan 1888; Albacora alalonga - Dresslar & Fesler, 1889; Germo alalunga - Jordan & Evermann, 1896; Thynnus alalunga - Clarke, 1900; Germo germon - Fowler, 1905; Germo germo - Jordan & Seale, 1906; Thunnus alalunga - Jordan, Tanaka, & Snyder, 1913; Thunnus germo - Kishinouye, 1923; Germo germon steadi Whitley, 1933. |
Yellowfin Tuna | FDA-SL Market Name: Tuna FDA-SL Common Name: Yellowfin Tuna FDA-SL Sci. Name: Thunnus albacares FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: yn FDA RFE 8 Letter code: thunalba |
Vernac. 1) Ahi |
AFS Common Name: Yellowfin Tuna AFS Sci. Name: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) FAO Species Code: SCOMBR Thun 3 FAO Common English: Yellowfin tuna FAO Common French: Albacore FAO Common Spanish: Rabil |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788; Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, Ichthyologie:140 (Jamaica). FAO Synonyms: Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800; Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Scomber sloanei Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Thynnus albacora Lowe, 1839; Thynnus macropterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Thunnus argentivittatus - South, 1845; Orcynus subulatus Poey, 1875; Orcynus albacora - Poey, 1875, Orcynus macropterus - Kitahara, 1897; Germo macropterus - Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Thunnus macropterus - Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder, 1913; Thunnus allisoni Mowbray, 1920; Germo argentivittatus - Nichols & Murphy, 1922; Germo allisoni - Nichols, 1923; Neothunnus macropters - Kishinouye, 1923; Neothunnus catalinae Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus albacora - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus itosibi Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus albacores - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Neothunnus allisoni - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Kishinoella zacalles Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Semathunnus guildi Fowler, 1933; Semathunnus itosibi - Fowler, 1933; Neothunnus argentivittatus - Beebe & Tee-Van, 1936; Germo albacora- Fowler, 1936; Thunnus albacora - Toronese, 1939; Germo itosibi - Smith, 1949; Neothunnus albacora brevipinna Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus albacora longipinna Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus macropterus macropterus - Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus macropterus itosibi - Bellón & Bardán de Bellón, 1949; Neothunnus brevipinna - Postel, 1950; Thunnus zacalles - Fraser-Brunner, 1950; Thunnus albacares - Ginsburg, 1953; Neothunnus albacares - Mather, 1954; Thunnus albacores - Le Danois, 1954; Neothunnus albacora macropterus - Schultz, 1960; Thunnus albacares macropterus - Jones & Silas, 1963a; Thunnus itosibi Jones & Silas, 1963a. |
Bigeye Tuna | FDA-SL Market Name: Tuna FDA-SL Common Name: Bigeye Tuna FDA-SL Sci. Name: Thunnus obesus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: bi FDA RFE 8 Letter code: thunobes |
Vernac. 1) Bigeye Vernac. 2) Ahi-B |
AFS Common Name: Bigeye Tuna AFS Sci. Name: Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) FAO Species Code: SCOMBR Thun 5 FAO Common English: Bigeye tuna FAO Common French: Thon obèse FAO Common Spanish: Patudo |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Thynnus obesus Lowe, 1839; Proc.Zool.Soc.London, 7:78 (Madeira). FAO Synonyms: Thynnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Orcynus sibi - Kitahara, 1897; Germo sibi - Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Thunnus sibi - Jordan & Snyder, 1901; Thunnus mebachi Kishinouye, 1915; Parathunnus mebachi - Kishinouye, 1923; Parathunnus sibi - Jordan & Hubbs, 1925; Parathunnus obesus - Jordan & Evermann, 1926; Germo obesus - Fowler, 1936; Thunnus obesus - Fraser-Brunner, 1950; Neothunnus obesus - Postel, 1950; Parathunnus obesus mebachi - Jones & Silas, 1961; Thunnus obesus sibi - Jones & Silas, 1963a; Thunnus obesus mebachi - Jones & Silas, 1964. |
Mozambique Tilapia | FDA-SL Market Name: Tilapia FDA-SL Common Name: Mozambique Tilapia FDA-SL Sci. Name: Tilapia mossambica FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: tm FDA RFE 8 Letter code: tilamoss |
Vernac. 1) Mozambique Mouthbrooder Vernac. 2) African Mouthbrooder |
AFS Common Name: Mozambique Tilapia AFS Sci. Name: Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) AFS Other Names: Mozambique mouthbrooder, Java tilapia, largemouth kurper AFS Synonyms: Oreochromis mossambicus; |
FAO Sci. Name: N.A. FAO Species Code: N.A. FAO Common English: N.A. FAO Common French: N.A. FAO Common Spanish: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: N.A. FAO Synonyms: N.A. |
Nile Tilapia | FDA-SL Market Name: Tilapia FDA-SL Common Name: Nile Tilapia FDA-SL Sci. Name: Tilapia nilotica FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: tn FDA RFE 8 Letter code: tilanilo |
Vernac. 1) Nile Mouthbrooder |
AFS Common Name: Nile Tilapia AFS Sci. Name: Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: Oreochromis niloticus |
FAO Sci. Name: N.A. FAO Species Code: N.A. FAO Common English: N.A. FAO Common French: N.A. FAO Common Spanish: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: N.A. FAO Synonyms: N.A. |
Florida Pompano | FDA-SL Market Name: Pompano FDA-SL Common Name: Florida Pompano FDA-SL Sci. Name: Trachinotus caronlinus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: fp FDA RFE 8 Letter code: traccaro |
Vernac. 1) Common Pompano Vernac. 2) Atlantic Pompano Vernac. 3) Sunfish Vernac. 4) Butterfish |
AFS Common Name: Florida Pompano AFS Sci. Name: Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: N.A. FAO Species Code: N.A. FAO Common English: N.A. FAO Common French: N.A. FAO Common Spanish: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: N.A. FAO Synonyms: N.A. |
Atlantic Cutlassfish | FDA-SL Market Name: Cutlassfish FDA-SL Common Name: Atlantic Cutlassfish FDA-SL Sci. Name: Trichiurus lepturus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ht FDA RFE 8 Letter code: triclept |
Vernac. 1) Hairtail Vernac. 2) Ribbonfish Vernac. 3) Scabbardfish Vernac. 4) Snakefish |
AFS Common Name: Atlantic Cutlassfish AFS Sci. Name: Trichiurus lepturus Linneaus, 1758 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 FAO Species Code: TRICH Trich 1 FAO Common English: Largehead Hairtail FAO Common French: Poisson sabre commun FAO Common Spanish: Pez sable |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758:246 (south Carolina, North America) FAO Synonyms: Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775; Trichiurus lepturus japonicus Temminck and Schlegel, 1844; Trichiurus coxii Ramsay and Ogilby, 1887; Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899. |
Snakeskin Gourami(*) | FDA-SL Market Name: Gourami(*) FDA-SL Common Name: Snakeskin Gourami(*) FDA-SL Sci. Name: Trichogaster(*) pectoralis(*) FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: gr FDA RFE 8 Letter code: tricpect |
AFS Common Name: Snakeskin Gourami AFS Sci. Name: Trichogaster pectoralis (Regan, 1910) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: N.A. FAO Species Code: N.A. FAO Common English: N.A. FAO Common French: N.A. FAO Common Spanish: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: N.A. FAO Synonyms: N.A. | |
White Hake | FDA-SL Market Name: Hake FDA-SL Common Name: White Hake FDA-SL Sci. Name: Urophycis tenuis FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: hk FDA RFE 8 Letter code: uroptenu |
Vernac. 1) Codling Vernac. 2) Squirrel Hake Vernac. 3) Ling Vernac. 4) Steakfish |
AFS Common Name: White Hake AFS Sci. Name: Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill, 1814) FAO Species Code: GADI Uroph 7 FAO Common English: White hake FAO Common French: Merluche blanche FAO Common Spanish: Locha banca |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Gadus tenuis Mitchill, 1814; Rept. in Part Fishes N.Y.:4. FAO Synonyms: Phycis furcatus Fleming, 1828; Phycis americanus Storer, 1858; Phycis dekayi Kaup, 1858; Phycis tenis Gill, 1864; Urophycis (Emphycis) tenuis Jordan and Evermann, 1898; Phycis borealis Saemundsson, 1913. |
Swordfish | FDA-SL Market Name: Swordfish FDA-SL Common Name: Swordfish FDA-SL Sci. Name: Xiphias gladius FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: xg FDA RFE 8 Letter code: xiphglad |
Vernac. 1) Broadbilled Swordfish Vernac. 2) Broadbill Vernac. 3) Espada Vernac. 4) Emperado |
AFS Common Name: Swordfish AFS Sci. Name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 FAO Species Code: XIPH Xiph 1 FAO Common English: Swordfish FAO Common French: Espadon FAO Common Spanish: Pez espada |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, Syst.Nat., 10:248 (Habitat in Oceano Europae). FAO Synonyms: Xiphias gladius-Bloch, 1786; Xiphias imperator Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Xiphias rondeletti Leach, 1818; Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923; Xiphias estara Phillips, 1932; Tetrapterus imperator-Rohl, 1942; Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951; Xiphias gladius estara-Whitley, 1964. |
European John Dory | FDA-SL Market Name: Dory FDA-SL Common Name: European John Dory FDA-SL Sci. Name: Zeus faber FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: zs FDA RFE 8 Letter code: zeusfabe |
Vernac. 1) Girtie Vernac. 2) St. Peter's fish Vernac. 3) Peterfish Vernac. 4) Doorkeeper Vernac. 5) Galilee Fish |
AFS Common Name: N.A. AFS Sci. Name: N.A. AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: N.A. FAO Species Code: N.A. FAO Common English: N.A. FAO Common French: N.A. FAO Common Spanish: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: N.A. FAO Synonyms: N.A. |
John Dory | FDA-SL Market Name: Dory FDA-SL Common Name: John Dory FDA-SL Sci. Name: Zeus japonicus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: zj FDA RFE 8 Letter code: zeusjapo |
AFS Common Name: N.A. AFS Sci. Name: N.A. AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name: N.A. FAO Species Code: N.A. FAO Common English: N.A. FAO Common French: N.A. FAO Common Spanish: N.A. |
FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: N.A. FAO Synonyms: N.A. |