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Q: What are some confusing fish names?

  1. A: Mobinool's Answer Is

    Clams and oysters in the shell should be alive and the shells should be closed tightly or should close when the mollusks are tapped. The U.S. Public Health Service, in cooperation with the States, has a sanitation control program that covers the labeling and shipment of clams, mussels, and oysters. These shellfish may be harvested only from non-polluted waters and processed for shipment in sanitary plants inspected by State shellfish inspectors. Authorities periodically test water for sewage pollution and ban catches from polluted areas.

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    Same fish with different names:

    Albacore …….. (Thunnus alalunga) longfin tuna, Tombo Ahi,
    Ahi Palaha, white-meat tuna, albie
    Bluefish …….. (Pomatomus saltatrix) tailor (Indo-Australia)
    Bluefin tuna ……… (Thunnus thynnus) albacore, horse mackerel
    Bonito ………. (Sarda) bonita, bone, bonehead, little tunny
    bonito
    Dolphin ……… (Coryphaena hippuras) Dorado, Mahi Mahi
    also Pompano dolphin (C. equiselis)
    Skipjack tuna …….. (Euthynnus) Aku, false albacore, bonito,
    little tunny, mackerel tuna
    Pacific jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus, a jack not
    a mackerel) spanish jack, spanish
    mackerel, jack mackerel
    Yellowfin tuna ……. (Thunnus albacares) allison tuna, ahi(?)

    Chinook salmon ……. (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) King salmon, black
    mouths, springers
    Coho salmon ………. (O. kisutch) silver salmon
    Pink salmon ………. (O. gorbuscha) humpback salmon
    Sockeye salmon ……. (O. nerka) blueback or red salmon
    Steelhead ……. (O. mykiss) a seagoing rainbow trout
    Rock cod …….. (Scorpaenidae) scorpionfish,
    rockfish, snapper
    Striped bass ……… (Morone saxatilis) rockfish,
    rock bass, striper
    Cobia …… (Rachycentron canadum) ling, lemonfish;
    black kingfish (Indo-Australia)
    Ling ……. (Molva molva) ling cod
    Lingcod ……… (Ophiodon elongatus) ling
    Different fish with same names:

    bluefin tuna …. bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
    southern bluefin tuna (T. maccoyil)
    beluga ………. white whale
    hausen sturgeon (Huso huso)
    dolphin ……… dorado / mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippuras)
    also Pompano dolphin (C. equiselis)
    dorado ………. dolphin (Coryphaena hippuras)
    a South American river fish (Salminus maxillosus)
    kingfish …….. king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
    whiting (Menticirrhus saxatilis)
    ling ………… ling cod (Molva molva)
    lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)
    cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
    rockfish …….. rock cod (Scorpaenidae)
    striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
    sheephead ……. California sheephead (Pimelometopon pulchrum),
    a wrasse sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus),
    a porgie a freshwater drum
    spanish mackerel spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)
    spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson,
    Indo-Aus) Pacific jack mackerel
    (Trachurus symmetricus)
    yellowtail …… California yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis)
    yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)
    yellowtail flounder / rusty dab
    (Limanda ferruginea)

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