List of types of seafood

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Fresh seafood on sale in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

The following is a list of types of seafood. Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. It prominently includes fish, shellfish, and roe. Shellfish include various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Historically, sea mammals such as whales and dolphins have been consumed as food, though that happens to a lesser extent in modern times. Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are widely eaten as seafood around the world, especially in Asia (see the category of sea vegetables). In North America, although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term "seafood" is extended to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so any edible aquatic life may be broadly referred to as seafood.

Fish[]

Marinated grilled swordfish

• Anchovies
• Barracuda
• Basa
• Bass (see also striped bass)
• Black cod/Sablefish
• Blowfish
• Bluefish
• Bombay duck
• Bream
• Brill
• Butter fish
• Catfish
• Cod (see also Pacific cod and Atlantic cod)
• Dogfish
• Dorade
• Eel
• Flounder
• Grouper
• Haddock
• Hake
• Halibut
• Herring
• Ilish
• John Dory
• Lamprey
• Lingcod
• Mackerel
• Mahi Mahi
• Monkfish
• Mullet
• Orange roughy
• Parrotfish
• Patagonian toothfish (also called Chilean sea bass)
• Perch
• Pike
• Pilchard
• Pollock
• Pomfret
• Pompano
• Sablefish
• Salmon
• Sanddab, particularly Pacific sanddab
• Sardine
• Sea bass
• Shad (see also alewife and American shad)
• Shark
• Skate
• Smelt
• Snakehead
• Snapper (see also rockfish, rock cod and )
• Sole
• Sprat
• Sturgeon
• Surimi
• Swordfish
• Tilapia
• Tilefish
• Trout (see also rainbow trout)
• Tuna (see also albacore tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna and dogtooth tuna)
• Turbot
• Wahoo
• Whitefish
• Whiting
• Witch (righteye flounder)

Roe[]

• Caviar (sturgeon roe)
• Ikura (salmon roe)
• Kazunoko (herring roe)
• Lumpfish roe
• Masago (capelin roe)
• Shad roe
• Tobiko (flying-fish roe)

Shellfish[]

Crustaceans[]

• Crabs
• Craw/Cray Fish
• Lobsters
• Shrimps/Prawns

Mollusca[]

• Cockle
• Cuttlefish
• Clam
• Loco
• Mussel
• Octopus
• Oyster
• Periwinkle
• Scallop (see also bay scallop and sea scallop)
• Squid
• Conch (Snails)
• Nautilus

Echinoderms[]

These are common in some Asian cuisines

• Sea cucumber
• Uni (sea urchin "roe")

Medusozoa[]

Some species of jellyfish are edible and used as a source of food.^[1]

Tunicates (sea squirts)[]

Microcosmus sabatieri, also known as sea fig or violet, is eaten in parts of Europe.

See also[]

• List of seafood dishes – Wikipedia list article
• Seafood restaurant – Restaurant mostly serving fish from the sea

Notes[]

External links[]

• Different Classifications of Fresh Fish and Seafood