Illustrations of Some Popular Kosher Fish
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ALBACORE Return to top of pageThunnus alalunga (Bonnateree, 1788); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called longfin tuna, long-finned tunny |
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BASS, black sea Return to top of pageCentropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758); RANIDAE FAMILY; also called sea bass, black bass, rockbass, common sea bass, humpback (large males) |
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BASS, kelp (calico) Return to top of pageParalabrax clathratus (Girard, 1854); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also called calico bass, California kelp bass, rock bass, sand bass, bull bass, kelp salmon, cabrilla |
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AMBERJACK, greater Return to top of pageSeriola dumerili (Risso, 1810); CARANGIDAE FAMILY |
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BASS, giant sea Return to top of pageStereolepis gigas (Ayres, 1859); THYIDAE FAMILY; also called California black sea bass, California jewfish |
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BASS, redeye Return to top of pageMicropterus coosae (Hubbs & Bailey, 1940); CENTRARCHIDAE FAMILY; also called black bass, shoal bass |
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BASS, rock Return to top of pageambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque 1827); CENTRARCHIDAE FAMILY; also called black perch, goggle-eye, red-eye, rock sunfish |
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BONITO, Atlantic Return to top of pageSarda sarda (Bloch, 1793); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called common bonito, katonkel, belted bonito |
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BOWFISH Return to top of pageAmia calva (Linnaeus 1766); AMIIDAE FAMILY; also called mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, cypress trout |
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BUFFALO, bigmouth Return to top of pageÎctiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844); CATOSTOMIDAE FAMILY |
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CARP, common Return to top of pageCyprinus carpio (Linnaeus 1758); CYPRINIDAE FAMILY |
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BLUEFISH Return to top of pagePomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1758); POMATOMIDAE FAMILY; also called blue, tailor, elf, chopper, marine piranha, rock slamon, snapper blue, Hatteras blue |
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Pacific Bonito (Sarda chiliensis) Striped Bonito (Sarda orientalis) Australian Bonito (Sarda australis) BONITO, PacificReturn to top of pageSarda orientalis (Temminch & Schlegel, 1844); Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1831) and; Sarda australis (Macleay, 1880) SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called California bonito, striped bonito, Australian bonito
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CHUB Return to top of page |
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COD, Atlantic Return to top of pageGadus morhua (Linnaeus, 1758); GADIDAE FAMILY; also called codfish, codling |
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FLOUNDER, summer Return to top of pageParalichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766); BOTHIDAE FAMILY; also called fluke |
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HALIBUT, Atlantic Return to top of pageHippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus 1758); PLEURONECTIDAE FAMILY; also called common halibut, giant halibut, righteye flounder |
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HERRING Return to top of page |
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LINGCOD Return to top of pageOphiodon elongatus (Girard, 1854); HEXAGRAMMIDAE FAMILY; also called ling, cultus cod, green cod, buffalo cod |
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DOLPHIN FISH Return to top of pageCoryphaena hippurus (Linnaeus, 1758); CORYPHAENIDAE FAMILY; also called dolphinfish, mahi mahi, dorado |
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GRAYLING, Artic Return to top of pageThymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776); Salmonidae FAMILY; also called American grayling |
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JEWFISH Return to top of pageEpinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also called spotted jewfish, southern jewfish, junefish, Florida jewfish |
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PERCH, yellow Return to top of pagePerca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814); PERCIDAE FAMILY; also called lake perch, American perch, ringed perch, striped perch, coon perch, jack perch |
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SALMON, coho Return to top of pageOncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called silver salmon, silver sides, hooknose, sea trout, blueback |
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TROUT, lake Return to top of pageSalvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called mackinaw, Great Lakes trout or char, salmon trout, landlocked salmon, gray trout, great gray trout, mountain trout, laker, tongue, taque, namaycush or masamacush, siscowet, fat, paperbelly, bank trout, humper |
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TROUT, rainbow Return to top of pageOncorhynchus mykiss (Richardson, 1836); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called steelhead, Kamloops, redband trout, Eagle Lake trout, Kern River trout, Shasta trout, San Gorgonio trout, Nelson trout, Whitney trout, silver trout |
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TUNA, bluefin Return to top of pageThunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called Atlantic bluefin tuna, tunny fish, horse-mackerel |
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TILEFISH Return to top of pageLogholatilus chamaeleonticeps BRANCHIOSTEGIDAE FAMILY; also called ocean whitefish |