Rock salmon
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Rock salmon refers to either of two kinds of fish:
The first, also called rock eel, flake, and huss in the UK, is any one of many species of small shark, including the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) or the bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris).
Rock salmon is consumed in many European countries and is often sold by fish and chip shops in the UK. However, the spiny dogfish is now an endangered species due to overfishing, and is classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist[1] and the North East Atlantic population as Critically Endangered[2].
The second is the mangrove red snapper or mangrove jack, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, family Lutjanidae.
[edit] References
- ^ IUCN Redlist entry for Squalus acanthias
- ^ Shark Trust "Rock Salmon Factsheet" (PDF)
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