List of types of seafood

Fresh seafood on sale in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

The following is a partial list of types of seafood. Seafood includes fish, shellfish, and roe.

Fish

A plate of jellied eels

A monkfish in a market

Deep fried pomfret served in National University of Singapore

Marinated swordfish

Tuna at a fish market

Some of the following are referred to as whitefish in the market, but are not whitefishes in a taxonomic sense.

• Anchovy
• Basa
• Bass (see also Striped bass)
• Black cod/Sablefish
• Bluefish
• Bombay duck
• Butter fish
• Blowfish
• Bream
• Brill
• Catfish
• Cod (see also Pacific cod and Atlantic cod)
• Dogfish
• Dorade
• Eel
• Flounder
• Grouper
• Haddock
• Halibut
• Herring
• Kingfish
• John Dory
• Lamprey
• Lingcod
• Mackerel
• Mahi Mahi
• Monkfish
• Mullet
• Orange roughy
• Patagonian toothfish (also called Chilean sea bass)
• Pike
• Pollock
• Pomfret
• Pompano
• Sablefish
• Sanddab, particularly Pacific sanddab
• Sardine
• Salmon
• Sea bass
• Shark
• Skate
• Snapper (see also Rockfish, Rock Cod and Pacific snapper)
• Sole
• Sturgeon
• Surimi
• Swordfish
• Tilapia
• Tilefish
• Trout (see also Rainbow trout)
• Tuna (see also Albacore tuna, Yellowfin tuna, Bigeye tuna and Bluefin tuna)
• Turbot
• Wahoo
• Whitefish
• Whiting

Roe

Salmon roe at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan

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

Shellfish

Squilla mantis, a species of mantis shrimp, for sale at a Catalonian market. Commercial interest in the species derives from its abundance rather than its market value.

Crustacean

• Crab (see also Dungeness crab, mud crab, sand crab, king crab and Snow crab)
• Crawfish
• Lobster (see also American lobster, Rock lobster and Spiny lobster)
• Shrimp (see also Prawns)

Mollusks

• Abalone
• Clam
• Cockle
• Conch
• Cuttlefish
• Loco
• Mussel
• Octopus
• Oyster
• Periwinkle
• Scallop (see also Bay scallop and Sea scallop)
• Snail
• Squid

Echinoderms

In southern Italy and southwestern Spain the snakelocks anemone is regarded as a delicacy

Not uncommon in some Asian cuisines.

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