Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added or modified the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List:
Nototodarus sloanii
Portunus pelagicus
Trachinotus blochii
Cynoscion striatus
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
Parapristipoma trilineatum
Plecoglossus altivelis
Hexagrammos otakii
Lophiomus setigerus
Conger myriaster
Apostichopus japonicus
Sepia esculenta
Todarodes pacificus
Haliotis discus
Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
Farfantepenaeus aztecus
Centropomus viridis
Anarhicha denticulatus
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Brotula clarkae
Cynoscion analis
Cynoscion phoxocephalus
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana
Octopus vulgaris
Atrina pectinata
Please note that the scientific name of the fish species Reinhardtius stomias is now Atheresthes stomias.
Acceptable common names for fish
All requests are processed in accordance with the Guidance on Determining the Common Names for Fish Sold or Processed in Canada