Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List:
Scientific name – English / French common name
Astacopsis franklinii – Australian freshwater crayfish / Écrevisse
Chaceon notialis – Southwest Atlantic red crab / Géryon de Atlantique sud-ouest
Cypselurus poecilopterus – Yellow-wing flyingfish / Exocet aile jaune
Doryteuthis pealeii – Longfin Inshore Squid / Calmar totam
Eleutheronema tetradactylum – Fourfinger threadfin / Barbure à quatre doigts
Epinephelus areolatus – Areolate grouper / Mérou aréolé
Evynnis cardinalis – Cardinal seabream; Threadfin porgy / Dorade
Pleurogrammus azonus – Arabesque greenling / Terpuga arabesque
Pleuronectes platessa – European Plaice / Plie d’Europe
Pristipomoides multidens – Goldbanded jobfish / Colas à bandes dorées
Protonibea diacanthus – Blackspotted croaker / Courbine pintade
Salanx prognathus – Noodlefish / Salangidés
Sardinella gibbosa – Goldstripe sardinella; Goldstripe sardine / Sardinelle dorée
Sardinops sagax – South American pilchard / Pilchard Sudaméricain
Saurida wanieso – Wanieso lizardfish / Anoli de mer
Scophthalmus maximus – Turbot / Turbot
Sepia aculeata – Needle cuttlefish / Seiche aiguille
Stolephorus commersonnii – Commerson’s anchovy / Anchois bombra
Scientific name – French common name
Barbonymus schwanenfeldii – Cyprinidés
Boulengerochromis microlepis – Cichlidé géant
Cynoglossus lingua – Sole-langue
Distichodus lusosso – Distichodus à long nez
Galaxias maculatus – Galaxias
Lates microlepis – Latidae
Lates stappersii – Latidae
Macrognathus pancalus – Anguille épineuse
Nemadactylus gayi – Tarakihi
Nuttallia obscurata – Palourde lustrée
Pentapodus caninus – Cohana
Protopterus aethiopicus – Protoptère
The review was performed in accordance with the Guidance on Determining the Common Names for Fish Sold or Processed in Canada