The following is a list of types of seafood. Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. It prominently includes shellfish, and roe. Shellfish include various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. In most parts of the world, fish are generally not considered seafood even if they are from the sea. In the United States, the term "seafood" is extended to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so any edible aquatic life may be broadly referred to as seafood in the United States. Historically, sea mammals such as whales and dolphins have been consumed as food, though that happens to a lesser extent in modern times. Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are widely eaten as seafood around the world, especially in Asia (see the category of edible seaweeds).
Fish
Anchovies Anglerfish Barracuda Basa Bass (see also striped bass) Black cod Bluefish Bombay duck Bonito Bream Brill Burbot Catfish Cod (see also Pacific cod and Atlantic cod) Dogfish Dorade Eel Flounder Grouper Haddock Hake Halibut Herring Ilish John Dory Lamprey Lingcod (see also Common ling) Mackerel (see also Horse mackerel) Mahi Mahi Monkfish Mullet Orange roughy Pacific rudderfish (Japanese butterfish) Pacific saury Parrotfish Patagonian toothfish (also called Chilean sea bass) Perch Pike Pollock Pomfret Pompano Pufferfish (see also Fugu) Sablefish Salmon Sanddab, particularly Pacific sanddab Sardine Sea bass Sea bream Shad (see also alewife and American shad) Shark Skate Smelt Snakehead Snapper (see also rockfish, rock cod and Pacific snapper) Sole Sprat Stromateidae (butterfish) Sturgeon Surimi Swordfish Tilapia Tilefish Trout (see also rainbow trout) Tuna (see also albacore tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna and dogtooth tuna) Turbot Wahoo Whitefish (see also stockfish) Whiting Witch (righteye flounder) Yellowtail (also called Japanese amberjack)
Roe Caviar (sturgeon roe) Ikura (salmon roe) Tobiko (flying-fish roe) Kazunoko (herring roe) Masago (capelin roe) Lumpfish roe Shad roe
Shellfish Crustaceans
Barnacles (Austromegabalanus psittacus) Crabs Craw/Crayfish Lobsters Shrimps/Prawns
Mollusca
Abalone Cockle Clam Loco Mussel Oyster Periwinkle Scallop (see also bay scallop and sea scallop) Conch (Snails)
Cephalopods Cuttlefish Octopus Nautilus Squid
Echinoderms These are common in some Asian cuisines Sea cucumber Uni (sea urchin "roe")
Medusozoa Some species of jellyfish are edible and used as a source of food.
Tunicates (sea squirts)
Microcosmus sabatieri, also known as sea fig or violet, is eaten in parts of Europe.
Pyura chilensis, known as piure, eaten in Peru and Chile
Halocynthia roretzi, also known as sea pineapple, usually eaten in Japan
See also
Notes
External links Different Classifications of Fresh Fish and Seafood