The FDA Seafood List - Updates for 2010

The following changes to The Seafood List have been made in 2010. 

• An asterisk (*) next to the Acceptable FDA Market Name indicates that a specific rule or regulation applies to that species. A listed regulation number refers to the applicable section of the Regulation cited.
• A dagger (†) next to the Scientific Common Name in the Seafood List identifies the names that are prohibited by a law. The specific law is noted to provide additional information.
• Type: V=Vertebrate; I=Invertebrate
• Consult The Seafood List Guidance for additional information.

 

T Y P E	Change	Acceptable FDA Market Name(s)	Regulation or Law	Common Name	Scientific Name
V	Additional Market Name added	Scarlet Snapper or Snapper		Bloodred Snapper	Lutjanus sanguineus
V	New Species	Cichlid		Midas Cichlid	Amphilophus citrinellus
V	New Species	Grouper		Redmouth Grouper	Aethaloperca rogaa
V	New Species	Wolffish		Wolffish	Anarhichas spp.
V	New Species	Goonch or Ayres			Bagarius bagarius
V	New Species	Goonch			Bagarius spp.
V	New Species	Skate		Sandpaper Skate	Bathyraja interrupta
V	New Species	Carp		Crucian Carp	Carassius carassius
V	New Species	Grouper		Strawberry Hind	Cephalopholis spiloparaea
V	New Species	Inaha	FD&C 403(t)	Bagrid Catfish (†)	Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
V	New Species	Clarias Fish or Walking Clarias		Mudfish	Clarias anguillaris
V	New Species	Grouper		Halfmoon Grouper	Epinephelus rivulatus
V	New Species	Grouper		Sixbar Grouper	Epinephelus sexfasciatus
V	New Species	Butterfish		Black Butterfish	Hyperoglyphe pringlei
V	New Species	Carp		Bighead Carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
V	New Species	Slipmouth or Ponyfish		Greater Ponyfish	Leiognathus equulus
V	New Species	Mullet		Largescaled Mullet	Liza grandisquamis
V	New Species	Oreo Dory		Oreo	Neocyttus spp.
V	New Species	Batashi			Neotropius acutirostris
V	New Species	Oreo Dory		Oreo	Oreosoma spp.
V	New Species	Bass, Sea		Atlantic Creolefish	Paranthias furcifer
V	New Species	Smelt		Ayu	Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis
V	New Species	Punti		Chola Barb	Puntius chola
V	New Species	Whiskerfish or Cuirass	FD&C 403(t)	Pemecou Sea Catfish (†)	Sciades herzbergii
V	New species	Mackerel, Chub		Atlantic Chub Mackerel	Scomber colias
V	New Species	Anchovy		Anchovy	Stolephorus spp.
V	New Species	Lizardfish		Lizardfish	Synodus spp.
V	New Species	Gourami or Gouramy		Snake-skinned Gourami	Trichogaster pectoralis
V	New Species	Cichlid		Pastel Cichlid	Amphilophus alfari
V	New Species	Cichlid or Carate		Red Breast Cichlid	Amphilophus longimanus
V	New Species	Eel, Moray		Green Moray	Gymnothorax funebris
V	New Species	Cichlid or Moga		Moga	Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
V	New Species	Croaker		Croceine Croaker	Larimichthys crocea
V	New Species	Crucifix Whiskered Fish	FD&C 403(t)	Crucifix Sea Catfish (†)	Sciades proops
V	New Species	Baga Ayre	FD&C 403(t)	Giant River Catfish (†)	Sperata seenghala
V	Scientific Name change	Roughy, Silver		Mediterranean Slimehead	Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus
I	New Species	Rock Crab			Cancer edwardsii
I	New Species	Rock Crab		Red Rock Crab	Cancer productus
I	New Species	Asian Clam		Asian Clam	Corbicula spp.
I	New Species	Japanese Crab		Japanese Freshwater Crab	Geothelphusa dehaani
I	New Species	Sea Cucumber		Sea Cucumber	Holothuria spp.
I	New Species	Nova Crab		Nova Crab	Lithodes santolla
I	New Species	White Hard Clam		Lyrate Hard Clam	Meretrix lyrata
I	New Species	Hard Clam		Hard Clam	Meretrix spp.
I	New Species	Sea Cumumbers		Sea Cucumber	Parastichopus spp.
I	New Species	Littleneck Clam		Littleneck Clam	Tapes spp.
I	New Species	Squid or Calamari			Uroteuthis duvauceli

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