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
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) 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) Molluscs, Crustaceans and Echinoderms CLAM, SOFTSHELL (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) Seaplants IRISH MOSS (Chondrus crispus) FURCELLARIA (Furcellaria fastigiata) KELP (Laminaria longicrurus) |