FDA Seafood List Updates for 2021

The following additions and changes to The Seafood List have been made in 2021.

• Type: V=vertebrate; I=Invertebrate; I(C)=Invertebrate (Crustacean) 
• An asterisk (*) next to the Acceptable FDA Market Name in the Seafood List indicates that a specific 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.
• Consult The Seafood List Guidance for additional information.

2021 Seafood List Additions and Changes: July - December

Type	Additions and Changes to the Seafood List	Acceptable Market Name(s)	Regulation or Law	Common Name	Scientific Name
V	New Species	Hogfish		Barred Hogfish	Bodianus scrofa
I(C)	New Species	Deep Sea Crab		Deep Red Crab	Chaceon afiinis
I(C)	New Species	Red Crab		West African Geryon	Chaceon maritae
I	New Species	Volute		Olla Volute	Cymbium olla
V	New Species	Flyingfish		Japanese Flyingfish	Cypselurus agoo
V	New Species	Seabass		Spotted Seabass	Dicentrarchus punctatus
V	New Species	Porgy		Threadfin Porgy	Evynnis cardinalis
V	New Species	Sole		Atlantic Sole	Pegusa lascaris
V	New Species	Rockfish		Offshore Rockfish	Pontinus khulii
V	New Species	Sardines		Goldstripe Sardinella	Sardinella gibbose
V	Addition	Mackerel or Chub Mackerel		Chub Mackerel	Scomber japonicus
V	New Species	Cuttlefish		Kisslip Cuttlefish	Sepia lycidas
V	New Species	Bass		Black Bear Bass	Serranus atricauda
V	New Species	Whiting		School Whiting	Sillago bassensis
V	New Species	Whiting		Eastern School Whiting	Sillago flindersi
V	New Species	Whiting		Stout Whiting	Sillago robusta
I		Sea Urchin		Violet Sea Urchin	Spaerechinus granularis
V	New Species	Goby		Burrowing Goby	Trypauchen vagina
I(C)	New Species	Fiddler or Ghost Crab		Swamp Ghost Crab	Ucides cordates

2021 Seafood List Additions and Changes: January - June

Type	Additions and Changes to the Seafood List	Acceptable Market Name(s)	Regulation or Law	Common Name	Scientific Name
V	New Species	Surfperch		Barred Surfperch	Amphistichus argenteus
V	Add Common Name			Atlantic Tripletail	Lobotes surinamensis
V	New Species	Carp		Bridgelip Sucker	Catostomus columbianus
V	Add Common Name			Black Perch	Embiotoca jacksoni
V	New Species	Pompano		Florida Pompano	Trachinotus carolinus
V	New Species	Carp		Largescale Sucker	Catostomus macrocheilus
V	New Species	Muskellunge		Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy
V	New Species	Carp		Northern Pikeminnow	Ptychocheilus oregonensis
V	New Species	Channa or Snakehead		Northern Snakehead	Channa argus
V	New Species	Whitefish		Mountain Whitefish	Prosopium williamsoni
V	New Species	Carp		Peamouth	Mylocheilus caurinus
V	New Species	Smelt		Pacific Rainbow Smelt	Osmerus dentex
V	New Species	Carp		Redhorse	Moxostoma spp.
V	New Species	Stingray		Roughtail Stingray	Bathytoshia centroura
V	New Species	Carp		Sacramento Pikeminnow	Ptychocheilus grandis
V	New Species	Sanddab		Speckled Sanddab	Citharichthys stigmaeus
V	New Species	Carp		Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops
I	New Species	Clam, Littleneck		Pacific Littleneck Clam	Leukoma staminea
I(C)	New Species	Crab, Rock		Pacific Rock Crab	Romaleon antennarium
I(C)	New Species	Crayfish or Crawfish		Signal Crayfish	Pacifastacus leniusculus
I(C)	New Species	Crayfish or Crawfish		White River Crayfish	Procambarus zonangulus
V	New Species	Damselfish		Banded Sergeant	Abudefduf septemfasciatus
V	Add Common Name	Grouper		Honeycomb Grouper	Epinephelus merra
V	New Species	Rockfish		Light Dusky Rockfish	Sebastes variabilis
V	New Species	Croaker		Belanger's Croaker	Johnius belangerii
V	New Species	Grouper		Black-dotted Grouper	Epinephelus stictus
V	New Species	Goatfish		Japanese Goatfish	Upeneus japonicus
I(C)	New Species	Crab, Scarlet (*)		Scarlet King Crab”	Lithodes couesi
I(C)	New Species	Lobster, Rock		Juan Fernandez Rock Lobster	Jasus frontalis
V	Common Name Change	Channa or Snakehead		African Obscure Snakehead	Parachanna obscura