Glossary of Fish Species in Prince Edward Island
Taken from “Seafood Products Directory”
Published by Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries and Environment, August 1997

Atlantic Cod Groundfish
CATFISH, ATLANTIC WOLFISH (Anarhichas lupus)
COD, ATLANTIC (Gadus morhua)
DOGFISH, SPINY (Squalus acanthias)
HADDOCK (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
HAKE, WHITE (Urophycis tenuis)
HALIBUT, ATLANTIC (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
PLAICE, AMERICAN (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
POLLOCK (Pollachius virens)
REDFISH, OCEAN PERCH (Sebastes marinus)
TURBOT, GREENLAND HALIBUT (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
WINTER FLOUNDER (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
WITCH FLOUNDER (Glyptocephalus cynoglassus)
YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (Limanda ferruginea)


Fish Animation Pelagic and Estuarial Fish
CHAR, ARCTIC (Salvelinus alpinus)
EEL, AMERICAN (Anguilla rostrata)
GASPEREAU, ALEWIFE (Alosa pseudoharengus)
HERRING, ATLANTIC (Clupea harengus harengus)
MACKEREL, ATLANTIC (Scomber scombrus)
SALMON, ATLANTIC (Salmos salar)
SHAD, ATLANTIC (Alosa sapidissima)
SILVERSIDE, ATLANTIC (Menidia menidia)
SMELT, AMERICAN (Osmerus mordax)
TROUT, SPECKLED (Salvelinus fontinalis)
TROUT, RAINBOW (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
TUNA, BLUEFIN (Thunnus thynnus)

Shellfish Animation Molluscs, Crustaceans and Echinoderms
CLAM, SOFT–SHELL (Mya arenaria)
CLAM, BAR (Spisula solidisima)
CLAM, RAZOR (Ensis directus)
CRAB, SNOW or QUEEN (Chionoecetes opilio)
CRAB, ROCK (Cancer irroratus)
CRAB, TOAD ors SPIDER (Hyas araneus, Hyas coarctatus)
LOBSTER, AMERICAN (Homarus americanus)
MUSSEL, COMMON EDIBLE BLUE (Mytilus edulis)
OYSTER, AMERICAN (Crassostrea virginica)
QUAHOG (Mercenaria mercenaria)
QUAHOG, OCEAN (Arctica islandica)
SCALLOP, SEA (Placopecten magellanicus)
SEA CUCUMBER (Cucumaria frondosa)
SEA URCHIN (Strongytocentrotus drobachiensis)
SQUID, SHORT-FINNED (Ilex illecebrosus)
WHELK (Buccinum undatum)

Kelp Seaplants
IRISH MOSS (Chondrus crispus)
FURCELLARIA (Furcellaria fastigiata)
KELP (Laminaria longicrurus)

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