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Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE)

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Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) 
Isoelectric Focusing (IEF) Peak Report Browse Page
Including Position Normalized Gel Lane Pattern Schematics.

    This is an Index of Isoelectric Focusing Gel^* Lane Banding Pattern Peak Reports in the Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia resulting from Densitometry, Integration, and Migration Position Normalization (Position Calibration against pI Marker Standards) from use of the Standard RFE IEF Gel Format. These reports contain data for large plate IEF analyses for 57 specimens from 39 species (of the 94 species currently in the RFE). These data are linked from the above Browse Page and from the Page 5 sections of the species pages.

    ^* Isoelectric Focusing Methodology is based on the AOAC Official Methods of Analysis (1995) - AOAC Official Method 980.16: Identification of Fish Species - Thin Layer Polyacrylamide Gel Isoelectric Focusing Method

Overview of the RFE

    The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) is a compilation of data in several formats that assists with the accurate identification of fish species. It was developed by FDA's RFE Team to help federal, state, and local officials and purchasers of seafood identify species substitution and economic deception in the marketplace.

    The RFE includes for each of a number of commercially relevant fish species for sale in the U.S. markethigh-resolution photographs as their scanned digital images (jpeg format) of whole fish and their marketed product forms (including fillets, steaks, or whole crustaceans) which may be used for visual comparison to a whole fish in question (or its marketed product form). The RFE also includes unique taxonomic characteristics (physical properties such as size, shape, color, etc.), usually in a "checklist" format, to aid in identification. In addition there is chemical taxonomic information consisting of species-characteristic biochemical patterns which may be compared quantitatively to patterns obtained by an appopriate laboratory analysis of the fish species specimen in question. These patterns include data from IEF (isoelectric focusing and RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) studies.

    A graphical representation of the "Anatomy of an RFE IEF Gel" and a more detailed description of the RFE are available.

    This DISCLAIMER pertains to the use of the RFE and to use of the images and data therein.

    This RFE PAGE 0 Species Browser and associated RFE PAGE 2 for General Information were generated by the RFE Team using Delphi 2 Database (Borland, Inc.) Programming Language.

List RFE species by FDA approved Market Name

Records listed as market name, common name, and scientific name

1. Amberjack (Yellowtail)  -  Yellowtail  -  Seriola lalandei  -  Go to Family
2. Barracuda  -  Great Barracuda  -  Sphyraena barracuda  -  Go to Family
3. Barracuda  -  Pacific Barracuda  -  Sphyraena argentea  -  Go to Family
4. Bass  -  Sunshine Bass  -  Morone chrysops x saxatilis  -  Go to Family
5. Bonito  -  Pacific Bonito  -  Sarda chiliensis  -  Go to Family
6. Butterfish  -  Silver Pomfret(*)  -  Pampus(*) argenteus(*)  -  Go to Family
7. Carp  -  Tinfoil Barb(*)  -  Barbodes(*) schwanefeldi(*)  -  Go to Family
8. Catfish  -  Blue Catfish  -  Ictalurus furcatus  -  Go to Family
9. Catfish  -  Channel Catfish  -  Ictalurus punctatus  -  Go to Family
10. Cod  -  Atlantic Cod  -  Gadus morhua  -  Go to Family
11. Cod (Alaska Cod)  -  Pacific Cod  -  Gadus macrocephalus  -  Go to Family
12. Crab, Blue  -  Blue Crab  -  Callinectes sapidus  -  Go to Family
13. Croaker (Yellowfish)  -  Yellow Croaker  -  Pseudosciaena manchurica  -  Go to Family
14. Croaker or Corvina  -  Spotfin Croaker  -  Roncador stearnsi  -  Go to Family
15. Cusk  -  Cusk  -  Brosme brosme  -  Go to Family
16. Cutlassfish  -  Atlantic Cutlassfish  -  Trichiurus lepturus  -  Go to Family
17. Dory  -  European John Dory  -  Zeus faber  -  Go to Family
18. Drum  -  Black Drum  -  Pogonias cromis  -  Go to Family
19. Drum (Redfish)  -  Red Drum  -  Sciaenops ocellatus  -  Go to Family
20. Escolar(*)  -  Escolar(*)  -  Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*)  -  Go to Family
21. Flounder  -  Starry Flounder  -  Platichthys stellatus  -  Go to Family
22. Flounder  -  Windowpane  -  Scophthalmus aquosus  -  Go to Family
23. Flounder  -  Yellowtail Flounder  -  Limanda ferruginea  -  Go to Family
24. Flounder (Sole)  -  Blackback Flounder  -  Pleuronectes americanus  -  Go to Family
25. Flounder, Arrowtooth  -  Arrowtooth Flounder  -  Atheresthes stomias  -  Go to Family
26. Grouper  -  Coney  -  Epinephelus fulva  -  Go to Family
27. Haddock  -  Haddock  -  Melanogrammus aeglefinus  -  Go to Family
28. Hake  -  White Hake  -  Urophycis tenuis  -  Go to Family
29. Jack  -  Pacific Crevalle Jack(*)  -  Caranx caninus(*)  -  Go to Family
30. Jack  -  Pacific Moonfish  -  Selene peruviana  -  Go to Family
31. Lingcod  -  Lingcod  -  Ophiodon elongatus  -  Go to Family
32. Mackerel, Chub  -  Chub Mackerel  -  Scomber japonicus  -  Go to Family
33. Mackerel, Spanish  -  Pacific Sierra  -  Scomberomorus sierra  -  Go to Family
34. Mahi-mahi  -  Dolphin  -  Coryphaena hippurus  -  Go to Family
35. Marlin  -  Blue Marlin  -  Makaira nigricans  -  Go to Family
36. Marlin  -  Striped Marlin  -  Tetrapturus audax  -  Go to Family
37. Milkfish  -  Milkfish  -  Chanos chanos  -  Go to Family
38. Oilfish(*)  -  Oilfish(*)  -  Ruvettus(*) pretiosus(*)  -  Go to Family
39. Patagonian Toothfish  -  Patagonian Toothfish  -  Dissostichus eleginoides  -  Go to Family
40. Perch, Ocean  -  Golden Redfish  -  Sebastes norvegicus  -  Go to Family
41. Perch, Ocean  -  Pacific Ocean Perch  -  Sebastes alutus  -  Go to Family
42. Pollock  -  Pollock  -  Pollachius virens  -  Go to Family
43. Pollock (Alaska Pollock)  -  Walleye Pollock  -  Theragra chalcogramma  -  Go to Family
44. Pompano  -  Black Pomfret  -  Parastromateus niger  -  Go to Family
45. Porgy  -  Red Hawaiian Porgy  -  Chrysophrys auratus  -  Go to Family
46. Puffer  -  Bullseye Puffer  -  Sphoeroides annulatus  -  Go to Family
47. Puffer  -  Northern Puffer  -  Sphoeroides maculatus  -  Go to Family
48. Rockfish  -  Brown Rockfish  -  Sebastes auriculatus  -  Go to Family
49. Rockfish  -  Canary Rockfish  -  Sebastes pinniger  -  Go to Family
50. Rockfish  -  Chilipepper (Fish)  -  Sebastes goodei  -  Go to Family
51. Rockfish  -  China Rockfish  -  Sebastes nebulosus  -  Go to Family
52. Rockfish  -  Quillback Rockfish  -  Sebastes maliger  -  Go to Family
53. Rockfish  -  Redstripe Rockfish  -  Sebastes proriger  -  Go to Family
54. Rockfish  -  Rougheye Rockfish  -  Sebastes aleutianus  -  Go to Family
55. Rockfish  -  Silvergray Rockfish  -  Sebastes brevispinis  -  Go to Family
56. Rockfish  -  Widow Rockfish  -  Sebastes entomelas  -  Go to Family
57. Rockfish  -  Yelloweye Rockfish  -  Sebastes ruberrimus  -  Go to Family
58. Rockfish  -  Yellowtail Rockfish  -  Sebastes flavidus  -  Go to Family
59. Roughy, Orange  -  Orange Roughy  -  Hoplostethus atlanticus  -  Go to Family
60. Salmon, Atlantic  -  Atlantic Salmon  -  Salmo salar  -  Go to Family
61. Salmon, Chinook (King, Spring)  -  Chinook Salmon  -  Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  -  Go to Family
62. Salmon, Coho (Silver, Medium Red)  -  Coho Salmon  -  Oncorhynchus kisutch  -  Go to Family
63. Salmon, Pink (Humpback)  -  Pink Salmon  -  Oncorhynchus gorbuscha  -  Go to Family
64. Salmon, Sockeye (Red, Blueback)  -  Sockeye Salmon  -  Oncorhynchus nerka  -  Go to Family
65. Scad  -  Yellowstripe Scad (*)  -  Selaroides(*) leptolepis(*)  -  Go to Family
66. Schoolmaster  -  Schoolmaster  -  Lutjanus apodus   -  Go to Family
67. Scorpionfish  -  California Scorpionfish(*)  -  Scorpaena guttata(*)  -  Go to Family
68. Shark  -  Blacktip Shark  -  Carcharhinus limbatus  -  Go to Family
69. Shark, Mako  -  Shortfin Mako Shark  -  Isurus oxyrinchus  -  Go to Family
70. Shark, Thresher  -  Common Thresher Shark  -  Alopias vulpinus  -  Go to Family
71. Sheathfish  -  Spot Pangasius(*)  -  Pangasius(*) larnaudi(*)  -  Go to Family
72. Sheephead  -  California Sheephead  -  Semicossyphus pulcher   -  Go to Family
73. Sheepshead  -  Sheepshead  -  Archosargus probatocephalus  -  Go to Family
74. Snapper  -  Caribbean Red Snapper  -  Lutjanus purpureus  -  Go to Family
75. Snapper  -  Gray Snapper  -  Lutjanus griseus  -  Go to Family
76. Snapper  -  Lane Snapper  -  Lutjanus synagris  -  Go to Family
77. Snapper  -  Pacific Snapper  -  Lutjanus peru  -  Go to Family
78. Snapper  -  Red Snapper  -  Lutjanus campechanus  -  Go to Family
79. Snapper  -  Silk Snapper  -  Lutjanus vivanus  -  Go to Family
80. Snapper  -  Yellowtail Snapper  -  Ocyurus chrysurus  -  Go to Family
81. Sole  -  Dover Sole  -  Mircostomas pacificus  -  Go to Family
82. Sole  -  English Sole  -  Pleuronectes vetulus  -  Go to Family
83. Sole (Flounder)  -  Gray Sole  -  Glyptocephalus cynoglossus  -  Go to Family
84. Sole (Flounder)  -  Petrale Sole  -  Eopsetia jordani  -  Go to Family
85. Sole (Flounder)  -  Rex Sole  -  Errex zachirus  -  Go to Family
86. Spinefoot  -  Spinefoot  -  Siganus vermiculatus(*)  -  Go to Family
87. Swordfish  -  Swordfish  -  Xiphias gladius  -  Go to Family
88. Tilapia  -  Mozambique Tilapia  -  Tilapia mossambica  -  Go to Family
89. Tilapia  -  Nile Tilapia  -  Tilapia nilotica  -  Go to Family
90. Tilefish  -  Ocean Whitefish  -  Caulolatilus princeps  -  Go to Family
91. Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)  -  Rainbow Trout  -  Oncorhynchus mykiss  -  Go to Family
92. Tuna  -  Albacore  -  Thunnus alalunga   -  Go to Family
93. Tuna  -  Kawakawa  -  Euthynnus affinis  -  Go to Family
94. Tuna  -  Skipjack Tuna  -  Katsuwonus pelamis  -  Go to Family
95. Tuna  -  Yellowfin Tuna  -  Thunnus albacares  -  Go to Family
96. Wolffish  -  Atlantic Wolffish  -  Anarhichas lupus  -  Go to Family

1. Albacore  -  Tuna  -  Thunnus alalunga  -  Go to Family
2. Arrowtooth Flounder  -  Flounder, Arrowtooth  -  Atheresthes stomias  -  Go to Family
3. Atlantic Cod  -  Cod  -  Gadus morhua  -  Go to Family
4. Atlantic Cutlassfish  -  Cutlassfish  -  Trichiurus lepturus  -  Go to Family
5. Atlantic Salmon  -  Salmon, Atlantic  -  Salmo salar  -  Go to Family
6. Atlantic Wolffish  -  Wolffish  -  Anarhichas lupus  -  Go to Family
7. Black Drum  -  Drum  -  Pogonias cromis  -  Go to Family
8. Black Pomfret  -  Pompano  -  Parastromateus niger  -  Go to Family
9. Blackback Flounder  -  Flounder (Sole)  -  Pleuronectes americanus  -  Go to Family
10. Blacktip Shark  -  Shark  -  Carcharhinus limbatus  -  Go to Family
11. Blue Catfish  -  Catfish  -  Ictalurus furcatus  -  Go to Family
12. Blue Crab  -  Crab, Blue  -  Callinectes sapidus  -  Go to Family
13. Blue Marlin  -  Marlin  -  Makaira nigricans  -  Go to Family
14. Brown Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes auriculatus  -  Go to Family
15. Bullseye Puffer  -  Puffer  -  Sphoeroides annulatus  -  Go to Family
16. California Scorpionfish(*)  -  Scorpionfish  -  Scorpaena guttata(*)  -  Go to Family
17. California Sheephead  -  Sheephead  -  Semicossyphus pulcher  -  Go to Family
18. Canary Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes pinniger  -  Go to Family
19. Caribbean Red Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Lutjanus purpureus  -  Go to Family
20. Channel Catfish  -  Catfish  -  Ictalurus punctatus  -  Go to Family
21. Chilipepper (Fish)  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes goodei  -  Go to Family
22. China Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes nebulosus  -  Go to Family
23. Chinook Salmon - Salmon, Chinook (King, Spring) - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha   -  Go to Family
24. Chub Mackerel  -  Mackerel, Chub  -  Scomber japonicus  -  Go to Family
25. Coho Salmon  -  Salmon, Coho (Silver, Medium Red)  -  Oncorhynchus kisutch  -  Go to Family
26. Common Thresher Shark  -  Shark, hresher  -  Alopias vulpinus  -  Go to Family
27. Coney  -  Grouper  -  Epinephelus fulva  -  Go to Family
28. Cusk  -  Cusk  -  Brosme brosme  -  Go to Family
29. Dolphin   -  Mahi-mahi  -  Coryphaena hippurus  -  Go to Family
30. Dover Sole  -  Sole  -  Mircostomas pacificus  -  Go to Family
31. English Sole  -  Sole  -  Pleuronectes vetulus  -  Go to Family
32. Escolar(*)  -  Escolar(*)  -  Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*)  -  Go to Family
33. European John Dory  -  Dory  -  Zeus faber  -  Go to Family
34. Golden Redfish  -  Perch, Ocean  -  Sebastes norvegicus  -  Go to Family
35. Gray Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Lutjanus griseus  -  Go to Family
36. Gray Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)  -  Glyptocephalus cynoglossus  -  Go to Family
37. Great Barracuda  -  Barracuda  -  Sphyraena barracuda  -  Go to Family
38. Haddock  -  Haddock  -  Melanogrammus aeglefinus  -  Go to Family
39. Kawakawa  -  Tuna  -  Euthynnus affinis  -  Go to Family
40. Lane Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Lutjanus synagris  -  Go to Family
41. Lingcod  -  Lingcod  -  Ophiodon elongatus  -  Go to Family
42. Milkfish  -  Milkfish  -  Chanos chanos  -  Go to Family
43. Mozambique Tilapia  -  Tilapia  -  Tilapia mossambica  -  Go to Family
44. Nile Tilapia  -  Tilapia  -  Tilapia nilotica  -  Go to Family
45. Northern Puffer  -  Puffer  -  Sphoeroides maculatus  -  Go to Family
46. Ocean Whitefish  -  Tilefish  -  Caulolatilus princeps  -  Go to Family
47. Oilfish(*)  -  Oilfish(*)  -  Ruvettus(*) pretiosus(*)  -  Go to Family
48. Orange Roughy  -  Roughy, Orange  -  Hoplostethus atlanticus  -  Go to Family
49. Pacific Barracuda  -  Barracuda  -  Sphyraena argentea  -  Go to Family
50. Pacific Bonito  -  Bonito  -  Sarda chiliensis  -  Go to Family
51. Pacific Cod  -  Cod (Alaska Cod)  -  Gadus macrocephalus  -  Go to Family
52. Pacific Crevalle Jack(*)  -  Jack  -  Caranx caninus(*)  -  Go to Family
53. Pacific Moonfish  -  Jack  -  Selene peruviana  -  Go to Family
54. Pacific Ocean Perch  -  Perch, Ocean  -  Sebastes alutus  -  Go to Family
55. Pacific Sierra  -  Mackerel, Spanish  -  Scomberomorus sierra  -  Go to Family
56. acific Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Lutjanus peru  -  Go to Family
57. Patagonian Toothfish  -  Patagonian Toothfish  -  Dissostichus eleginoides  -  Go to Family
58. Petrale Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)  -  Eopsetia jordani  -  Go to Family
59. Pink Salmon  -  Salmon, Pink (Humpback)  -  Oncorhynchus gorbuscha  -  Go to Family
60. Pollock  -  Pollock  -  Pollachius virens  -  Go to Family
61. Quillback Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes maliger  -  Go to Family
62. Rainbow Trout  -  Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)  -  Oncorhynchus mykiss  -  Go to Family
63. Red Drum  -  Drum (Redfish)  -  Sciaenops ocellatus  -  Go to Family
64. Red Hawaiian Porgy  -  Porgy  -  Chrysophrys auratus  -  Go to Family
65. Red Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Lutjanus campechanus  -  Go to Family
66. Redstripe Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes proriger  -  Go to Family
67. Rex Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)  -  Errex zachirus  -  Go to Family
68. Rougheye Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes aleutianus  -  Go to Family
69. Schoolmaster  -  Schoolmaster  -  Lutjanus apodus  -  Go to Family
70. Sheepshead  -  Sheepshead  -  Archosargus probatocephalus  -  Go to Family
71. Shortfin Mako Shark  -  Shark, Mako  -  Isurus oxyrinchus  -  Go to Family
72. Silk Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Lutjanus vivanus  -  Go to Family
73. Silver Pomfret(*)  -  Butterfish  -  Pampus(*) argenteus(*)  -  Go to Family
74. Silvergray Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes brevispinis  -  Go to Family
75. Skipjack Tuna  -  Tuna  -  Katsuwonus pelamis  -  Go to Family
76. Sockeye Salmon  -  Salmon, Sockeye (Red, Blueback)  -  Oncorhynchus nerka  -  Go to Family
77. Spinefoot  -  Spinefoot  -  Siganus vermiculatus(*)  -  Go to Family
78. Spot Pangasius(*)  -  Sheathfish  -  Pangasius(*) larnaudi(*)  -  Go to Family
79. Spotfin Croaker  -  Croaker or Corvina  -  Roncador stearnsi  -  Go to Family
80. Starry Flounder  -  Flounder  -  Platichthys stellatus  -  Go to Family
81. Striped Marlin  -  Marlin  -  Tetrapturus audax  -  Go to Family
82. Sunshine Bass  -  Bass  -  Morone chrysops x saxatilis  -  Go to Family
83. Swordfish  -  Swordfish  -  Xiphias gladius  -  Go to Family
84. Tinfoil Barb(*)  -  Carp  -  Barbodes(*) schwanefeldi(*)  -  Go to Family
85. Walleye Pollock  -  Pollock (Alaska Pollock)  -  Theragra chalcogramma  -  Go to Family
86. White Hake  -  Hake  -  Urophycis tenuis  -  Go to Family
87. Widow Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes entomelas  -  Go to Family
88. Windowpane  -  Flounder  -  Scophthalmus aquosus  -  Go to Family
89. Yellow Croaker  -  Croaker (Yellowfish)  -  Pseudosciaena manchurica  -  Go to Family
90. Yelloweye Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes ruberrimus  -  Go to Family
91. Yellowfin Tuna  -  Tuna  -  Thunnus albacares  -  Go to Family
92. Yellowstripe Scad (*)  -  Scad  -  Selaroides(*) leptolepis(*)  -  Go to Family
93. Yellowtail  -  Amberjack (Yellowtail)  -  Seriola lalandei  -  Go to Family
94. Yellowtail Flounder  -  Flounder  -  Limanda ferruginea  -  Go to Family
95. Yellowtail Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Sebastes flavidus  -  Go to Family
96. Yellowtail Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Ocyurus chrysurus  -  Go to Family

Total Species by Common Name: 96 (94 available).

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Records listed as scientific name, common name, and market name

1. Alopias vulpinus  -  Common Thresher Shark  -  Shark, Thresher  -  Go to Family
2. Anarhichas lupus  -  Atlantic Wolffish  -  Wolffish  -  Go to Family
3. Archosargus probatocephalus  -  Sheepshead  -  Sheepshead  -  Go to Family
4. Atheresthes stomias  -  Arrowtooth Flounder  -  Flounder, Arrowtooth  -  Go to Family
5. Barbodes(*) schwanefeldi(*)  -  Tinfoil Barb(*)  -  Carp  -  Go to Family
6. Brosme brosme  -  Cusk  -  Cusk  -  Go to Family
7. Callinectes sapidus  -  Blue Crab  -  Crab, Blue  -  Go to Family
8. Caranx caninus(*)  -  Pacific Crevalle Jack(*)  -  Jack  -  Go to Family
9. Carcharhinus limbatus  -  Blacktip Shark  -  Shark  -  Go to Family
10. Caulolatilus princeps  -  Ocean Whitefish  -  Tilefish  -  Go to Family
11. Chanos chanos  -  Milkfish  -  Milkfish  -  Go to Family
12. Chrysophrys auratus  -  Red Hawaiian Porgy  -  Porgy  -  Go to Family
13. Coryphaena hippurus  -  Dolphin  -  Mahi-mahi  -  Go to Family
14. Dissostichus eleginoides  -  Patagonian Toothfish  -  Patagonian Toothfish  -  Go to Family
15. Eopsetia jordani  -  Petrale Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)  -  Go to Family
16. Epinephelus fulva  -  Coney  -  Grouper  -  Go to Family
17. Errex zachirus  -  Rex Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)  -  Go to Family
18. Euthynnus affinis  -  Kawakawa  -  Tuna  -  Go to Family
19. Gadus macrocephalus  -  Pacific Cod  -  Cod (Alaska Cod)  -  Go to Family
20. Gadus morhua  -  Atlantic Cod  -  Cod  -  Go to Family
21. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus  -  Gray Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)  -  Go to Family
22. Hoplostethus atlanticus  -  Orange Roughy  -  Roughy, Orange  -  Go to Family
23. Ictalurus furcatus  -  Blue Catfish  -  Catfish  -  Go to Family
24. Ictalurus punctatus  -  Channel Catfish  -  Catfish  -  Go to Family
25. Isurus oxyrinchus  -  Shortfin Mako Shark  -  Shark, Mako  -  Go to Family
26. Katsuwonus pelamis  -  Skipjack Tuna  -  Tuna  -  Go to Family
27. Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*)  -  Escolar(*)  -  Escolar(*)  -  Go to Family
28. Limanda ferruginea  -  Yellowtail Flounder  -  Flounder  -  Go to Family
29. Lutjanus apodus  -  Schoolmaster  -  Schoolmaster  -  Go to Family
30. Lutjanus campechanus  -  Red Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
31. Lutjanus griseus  -  Gray Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
32. Lutjanus peru  -  Pacific Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
33. Lutjanus purpureus  -  Caribbean Red Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
34. Lutjanus synagris  -  Lane Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
35. Lutjanus vivanus  -  Silk Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
36. Makaira nigricans  -  Blue Marlin  -  Marlin  -  Go to Family
37. Melanogrammus aeglefinus  -  Haddock  -  Haddock  -  Go to Family
38. Mircostomas pacificus  -  Dover Sole  -  Sole  -  Go to Family
39. Morone chrysops x saxatilis  -  Sunshine Bass  -  Bass  -  Go to Family
40. Ocyurus chrysurus  -  Yellowtail Snapper  -  Snapper  -  Go to Family
41. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha  -  Pink Salmon  -  Salmon, Pink (Humpback)  -  Go to Family
42. Oncorhynchus kisutch  -  Coho Salmon  -  Salmon, Coho (Silver, Medium Red)  -  Go to Family
43. Oncorhynchus mykiss  -  Rainbow Trout  -  Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)  -  Go to Family
44. Oncorhynchus nerka  -  Sockeye Salmon  -  Salmon, Sockeye (Red, Blueback)  -  Go to Family
45. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  -  Chinook Salmon  -  Salmon, Chinook (King, Spring)  -  Go to Family
46. Ophiodon elongatus  -  Lingcod  -  Lingcod  -  Go to Family
47. Pampus(*) argenteus(*)  -  Silver Pomfret(*)  -  Butterfish  -  Go to Family
48. Pangasius(*) larnaudi(*)  -  Spot Pangasius(*)  -  Sheathfish  -  Go to Family
49. Parastromateus niger  -  Black Pomfret  -  Pompano  -  Go to Family
50. Platichthys stellatus  -  Starry Flounder  -  Flounder  -  Go to Family
51. Pleuronectes americanus  -  Blackback Flounder  -  Flounder (Sole)  -  Go to Family
52. Pleuronectes vetulus  -  English Sole  -  Sole  -  Go to Family
53. Pogonias cromis  -  Black Drum  -  Drum  -  Go to Family
54. Pollachius virens  -  Pollock  -  Pollock  -  Go to Family
55. Pseudosciaena manchurica  -  Yellow Croaker  -  Croaker (Yellowfish)  -  Go to Family
56. Roncador stearnsi  -  Spotfin Croaker  -  Croaker or Corvina  -  Go to Family
57. Ruvettus(*) pretiosus(*)  -  Oilfish(*)  -  Oilfish(*)  -  Go to Family
58. Salmo salar  -  Atlantic Salmon  -  Salmon, Atlantic  -  Go to Family
59. Sarda chiliensis  -  Pacific Bonito  -  Bonito  -  Go to Family
60. Sciaenops ocellatus  -  Red Drum  -  Drum (Redfish)  -  Go to Family
61. Scomber japonicus  -  Chub Mackerel  -  Mackerel, Chub  -  Go to Family
62. Scomberomorus sierra  -  Pacific Sierra  -  Mackerel, Spanish  -  Go to Family
63. Scophthalmus aquosus  -  Windowpane  -  Flounder  -  Go to Family
64. Scorpaena guttata(*)  -  California Scorpionfish(*)  -  Scorpionfish  -  Go to Family
65. Sebastes aleutianus  -  Rougheye Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
66. Sebastes alutus  -  Pacific Ocean Perch  -  Perch, Ocean  -  Go to Family
67. Sebastes auriculatus  -  Brown Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
68. Sebastes brevispinis  -  Silvergray Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
69. Sebastes entomelas  -  Widow Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
70. Sebastes flavidus  -  Yellowtail Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
71. Sebastes goodei  -  Chilipepper (Fish)  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
72. Sebastes maliger  -  Quillback Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
73. Sebastes nebulosus  -  China Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
74. Sebastes norvegicus  -  Golden Redfish  -  Perch, Ocean  -  Go to Family
75. Sebastes pinniger  -  Canary Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
76. Sebastes proriger  -  Redstripe Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
77. Sebastes ruberrimus  -  Yelloweye Rockfish  -  Rockfish  -  Go to Family
78. Selaroides(*) leptolepis(*)  -  Yellowstripe Scad (*)  -  Scad  -  Go to Family
79. Selene peruviana  -  Pacific Moonfish  -  Jack  -  Go to Family
80. Semicossyphus pulcher  -  California Sheephead  -  Sheephead  -  Go to Family
81. Seriola lalandei  -  Yellowtail  -  Amberjack (Yellowtail)  -  Go to Family
82. Siganus vermiculatus(*)  -  Spinefoot  -  Spinefoot  -  Go to Family
83. Sphoeroides annulatus  -  Bullseye Puffer  -  Puffer  -  Go to Family
84. Sphoeroides maculatus  -  Northern Puffer  -  Puffer  -  Go to Family
85. Sphyraena argentea  -  Pacific Barracuda  -  Barracuda  -  Go to Family
86. Sphyraena barracuda  -  Great Barracuda  -  Barracuda  -  Go to Family
87. Tetrapturus audax  -  Striped Marlin  -  Marlin  -  Go to Family
88. Theragra chalcogramma  -  Walleye Pollock  -  Pollock (Alaska Pollock)  -  Go to Family
89. Thunnus alalunga  -  Albacore  -  Tuna  -  Go to Family
90. Thunnus albacares  -  Yellowfin Tuna  -  Tuna  -  Go to Family
91. Tilapia mossambica  -  Mozambique Tilapia  -  Tilapia  -  Go to Family
92. Tilapia nilotica  -  Nile Tilapia  -  Tilapia  -  Go to Family
93. Trichiurus lepturus  -  Atlantic Cutlassfish  -  Cutlassfish  -  Go to Family
94. Urophycis tenuis  -  White Hake  -  Hake  -  Go to Family
95. Xiphias gladius  -  Swordfish  -  Swordfish  -  Go to Family
96. Zeus faber  -  European John Dory  -  Dory  -  Go to Family

Total Species by Species Name: 96 (94 available).

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    Taxonomic Family designations for finfish are extracted from "Fishes of the World" 3rd Edition by Joseph S. Nelson. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994) ISBN 0-471-54713-1.

Alopiidae (thresher sharks)

1. Alopias vulpinus  -  Common Thresher Shark  -  Shark, Thresher

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Anarhichadidae (wolffishes)

1. Anarhichas lupus  -  Atlantic Wolffish  -  Wolffish

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Bothidae (lefteye flounders)

1. Scophthalmus aquosus  -  Windowpane  -  Flounder

Carangidae (jacks and pompanos)

1. Caranx caninus(*)  -  Pacific Crevalle Jack(*)  -  Jack
2. Parastromateus niger  -  Black Pomfret  -  Pompano
3. Selaroides(*) leptolepis(*)  -  Yellowstripe Scad (*)  -  Scad
4. Selene peruviana  -  Pacific Moonfish  -  Jack
5. Seriola lalandei  -  Yellowtail  -  Amberjack (Yellowtail)

Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks)

1. Carcharhinus limbatus  -  Blacktip Shark  -  Shark

Chanidae (milkfish)

1. Chanos chanos  -  Milkfish  -  Milkfish

Cichlidae (cichlids)

1. Tilapia mossambica  -  Mozambique Tilapia  -  Tilapia
2. Tilapia nilotica  -  Nile Tilapia  -  Tilapia

Coryphaenidae (dolphins)

1. Coryphaena hippurus  -  Dolphin  -  Mahi-mahi

Cyprinidae (carps)

1. Barbodes(*) schwanefeldi(*)  -  Tinfoil Barb(*)  -  Carp

Gadidae (cods)

1. Brosme brosme  -  Cusk  -  Cusk
2. Gadus macrocephalus  -  Pacific Cod  -  Cod (Alaska Cod)
3. Gadus morhua  -  Atlantic Cod  -  Cod
4. Melanogrammus aeglefinus  -  Haddock  -  Haddock
5. Pollachius virens  -  Pollock  -  Pollock
6. Theragra chalcogramma  -  Walleye Pollock  -  Pollock (Alaska Pollock)
7. Urophycis tenuis  -  White Hake  -  Hake

Gempylidae (snake mackerels)

1. Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*)  -  Escolar(*)  -  Escolar(*)
2. Ruvettus(*) pretiosus(*)  -  Oilfish(*)  -  Oilfish(*)

Hexagrammidae (greenlings)

1. Ophiodon elongatus  -  Lingcod  -  Lingcod

Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)

1. Ictalurus furcatus  -  Blue Catfish  -  Catfish
2. Ictalurus punctatus  -  Channel Catfish  -  Catfish

Labridae (wrasses)

1. Semicossyphus pulcher  -  California Sheephead  -  Sheephead

Lamnidae (mackerel sharks)

1. Isurus oxyrinchus  -  Shortfin Mako Shark  -  Shark, Mako

Lutjanidae (snappers and fusiliers)

1. Lutjanus apodus  -  Schoolmaster  -  Schoolmaster
2. Lutjanus campechanus  -  Red Snapper  -  Snapper
3. Lutjanus griseus  -  Gray Snapper  -  Snapper
4. Lutjanus peru  -  Pacific Snapper  -  Snapper
5. Lutjanus purpureus  -  Caribbean Red Snapper  -  Snapper
6. Lutjanus synagris  -  Lane Snapper  -  Snapper
7. Lutjanus vivanus  -  Silk Snapper  -  Snapper
8. Ocyurus chrysurus  -  Yellowtail Snapper  -  Snapper

Malacanthidae (tilefishes)

1. Caulolatilus princeps  -  Ocean Whitefish  -  Tilefish

Nototheniidae (cod icefishes)

1. Dissostichus eleginoides  -  Patagonian Toothfish  -  Patagonian Toothfish

Percichthyidae (temperate perches)

1. Morone chrysops x saxatilis  -  Sunshine Bass  -  Bass

Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)

1. Atheresthes stomias  -  Arrowtooth Flounder  -  Flounder, Arrowtooth
2. Eopsetia jordani  -  Petrale Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)
3. Errex zachirus  -  Rex Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)
4. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus  -  Gray Sole  -  Sole (Flounder)
5. Limanda ferruginea  -  Yellowtail Flounder  -  Flounder
6. Mircostomas pacificus  -  Dover Sole  -  Sole
7. Platichthys stellatus  -  Starry Flounder  -  Flounder
8. Pleuronectes americanus  -  Blackback Flounder  -  Flounder (Sole)
9. Pleuronectes vetulus  -  English Sole  -  Sole

Portunidae (common edible crabs)

1. Callinectes sapidus  -  Blue Crab  -  Crab, Blue

Salmonidae (salmonids)

1. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha  -  Pink Salmon  -  Salmon, Pink (Humpback)
2. Oncorhynchus kisutch  -  Coho Salmon  -  Salmon, Coho (Silver, Medium Red)
3. Oncorhynchus mykiss  -  Rainbow Trout  -  Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)
4. Oncorhynchus nerka  -  Sockeye Salmon  -  Salmon, Sockeye (Red, Blueback)
5. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  -  Chinook Salmon  -  Salmon, Chinook (King, Spring)
6. Salmo salar  -  Atlantic Salmon  -  Salmon, Atlantic

Sciaenidae (drums (croakers))

1. Pogonias cromis  -  Black Drum  -  Drum
2. Pseudosciaena manchurica  -  Yellow Croaker  -  Croaker (Yellowfish)
3. Roncador stearnsi  -  Spotfin Croaker  -  Croaker or Corvina
4. Sciaenops ocellatus  -  Red Drum  -  Drum (Redfish)

Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)

1. Euthynnus affinis  -  Kawakawa  -  Tuna
2. Katsuwonus pelamis  -  Skipjack Tuna  -  Tuna
3. Sarda chiliensis  -  Pacific Bonito  -  Bonito
4. Scomber japonicus  -  Chub Mackerel  -  Mackerel, Chub
5. Scomberomorus sierra  -  Pacific Sierra  -  Mackerel, Spanish
6. Thunnus alalunga  -  Albacore  -  Tuna
7. Thunnus albacares  -  Yellowfin Tuna  -  Tuna

Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes)

1. Scorpaena guttata(*)  -  California Scorpionfish(*)  -  Scorpionfish
2. Sebastes aleutianus  -  Rougheye Rockfish  -  Rockfish
3. Sebastes alutus  -  Pacific Ocean Perch  -  Perch, Ocean
4. Sebastes auriculatus  -  Brown Rockfish  -  Rockfish
5. Sebastes brevispinis  -  Silvergray Rockfish  -  Rockfish
6. Sebastes entomelas  -  Widow Rockfish  -  Rockfish
7. Sebastes flavidus  -  Yellowtail Rockfish  -  Rockfish
8. Sebastes goodei  -  Chilipepper (Fish)  -  Rockfish
9. Sebastes maliger  -  Quillback Rockfish &n