ID Flashcards
Atlantic salmon
7-9 anal fin rays Green spots Sauté, barbed Bone good for stock Low activity Farm raised only
Pacific salmon
12-15 anal rays
King salmon or Chinook
Spots on the top and bottom of the caudal fin
12-15 anal rays
Silver salmon coho
Spots on the top of caudal fin only
12-15 anal rays
Farmed and wild
Grill
Arctic Charr
Light spots on a dark background. Think of snow flakes Wild and farmed Cold northern water Poaching, sauté, grill Not good for stock Andromonous form of brook trout
Rainbow trout
Fresh water, flesh colored meat
Steel head trout
Red flesh meat
Wild Striped Bass
Solid continuos black stripes. Has a commercial gill tag. Flat head Sauté, fry Medium activity East and west coats Good for stock
Acadian Red Fish
Large eyes, bottom dweller from Maine
Black Sea Bass
Long Dorsal fin, zebra striped
Silk snapper
Rounded head
Half eyeliner
East coast USA
Lane snapper
Triangle head,
yellow mouth and tongue.
Yellow lines up through the dorsal fin.
West coast
Hybrid stripped bass
Broken, black lateral. Farmed only. Steal Grill, and sauté
Southern US
Mother of a fresh water white bass, father wild stripped bass
Sea bream (Dorad)
Gold band between eyes, long dorsal fin. From Mediterranean
Golden tile fish (golden bass)
Adipose fin at the top of head. Yellow spots. From Maine-Caribbean
Hake
Loose fitting scales, continuous dorsal fin, ventral whips.
I “hake” you there for I whip you.
Cusk
Leathery skin, dorsal fin, chin barbel. North water On the cusk of being an eel
Wild stripped bass
Commercial gill tag
Solid continuos black stripes
Flat head
Black Sea bass
Zebra stripped dorsal fin Hermaphroditic Canada to Florida Medium activity Good for stock Pan fry
Arcadian red fish
Larger eyes
Bottom dweller
Maine
Silk snapper
Rounded head
Pink scales
Lane snapper
Triangle head,
yellow mouth and tongue,
Yellow lines through the dorsal fin
New York to Mexico
Hybrid stripped bass
Broken lateral line a
Farmed only
Dorad or sea bream
Gold band across eyes
Long dorsal fin
Mediterranean
Tile fish or golden bass
Adipose fin on the top of his head
Yellow/green dots
Maine to Caribbean
Bronzino or lup de mer or Mediterranean Sea bass
Dark lateral line,
m shaped dorsal fin
Saute
Hake
Continuous dorsal fin, Ventral whips Loose fitting scales (I hake you therefor I whip you) East and west Atlantic Poached
CUSK
Leathery skin
Separate dorsal fin
Chin barbel
( on the cusk of being an eel)
Haddock
Black lateral line Devils thumbprint Northern Atlantic Low activity Smoked (Devil reeks haddock)
Atlantic cod
White lateral line
Green spots
Pollock
Underbite
White later lines
Blueish tint
Low activity
Monk fish or lüt
No scales
Tail
Straight cut
Liver is sought after
Winter flounder
Right eyed
Bones good for stock
Yellow tailed
Right eyed
High lighted caudal fin
Mahi Mahi
Dorado
Scombroid
Sauté
Witch flounder or grey sole
Diamond shape
Right eye
East coast west coast
Halibut
West coast Diamond shaped Right eyed Farm and wild Low activity (but highest in its group) 300-400 pounds
Vermilion snapper
Diagonals markings
Baked
Dover
Oval body Round body Skin is peeled Mediterranean Northern Pacific coast
Winter flounder
Canada to Georgia
Right eyed
Sushi
Diamond shaped
Rex sole
Right eyed oval shaped
Witch flounder
Grey solen
Bottom dweller
Atlantic
