FDA Seafood List Updates for 2024

The following table(s) identify the modifications made to The Seafood List (fda.gov) in 2024.

• The “Requirements” (R) column has been created to move the diamond (♦) [formerly the asterisk (*)] and dagger (†) from the Acceptable Market and Common Names to their own column.
  • The diamond (♦) [formerly the asterisk (*)] symbol identifies the Acceptable Market Name(s) that must be used for that fish since it has been established by a law, rule, or regulation. A link to the specific law, rule, or regulation is provided on the Detail Page for that species in the Seafood List.
  • The (†) dagger symbol identifies the Common Name(s) prohibited by a law, rule or regulation. A link to the specific law, rule, or regulation is provided on the Detail Page for that species in the Seafood List.
  • The IA (Import Alert) abbreviation identifies an import alert is in place for that fish species which restricts its importation.
• Consult The Seafood List (fda.gov) and the Guidance for Industry: The Seafood List FDA’s Guide to Determine Acceptable Seafood Names | FDA for additional information.
• Type: V=vertebrate; I=Invertebrate; I(C)=Invertebrate (Crustacean)

NOTE: Historically FDA (we) has used the diamond (♦) [formerly the asterisk (*)] and dagger (†) symbols to denote specific names identified in laws, rules, or regulations, that can only be used on certain fish and those that are prohibited from use; however, we have also used the symbols to draw attention to names so industry does not utilize that name or a variation thereof for naming other fish species.

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2024 Seafood List Additions and Changes: July - December

Type	Description of Modification	R	Scientific Name	Acceptable Market Name(s)	Common Name(s)	Regulation or Law
	Link to the "Seafood | HACCP | Main Page | FDA"  has been added to the SFL Main page and the Detail Page.
	Marker "IA" has been added to identify Import Alerts with specific fish restrictions.
	The "Downloaded data" Excel spreadsheet has been updated to reflect the changes made to the SFL thus far.
I	Nomenclature change: Formerly known as Strombus gigas		Aliger gigas	Conch	Queen Conch
V	Modification to Vernacular name.		Alosa aestivalis	Herring | River Herring	Blueback Herring
V	Formatting change		Alosa chrysochloris	Herring | River Herring	Skipjack Herring
V	Modification to Common Name and Vernacular Names		Alosa pseudoharengus	Alewife | River Herring	Branch Herring
V	New Listing		Amblygaster sirm	Sardine	Spotted Sardinella
V	Modification to Acceptable Market and Common Names		Argentina elongata	Silverside	Argentine
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Arothron spp.	Puffer	Puffers
V	Modification to Acceptable Market and Common names. Addition of Hazards	†	Bagarius bagarius	Goonch	Ayres | Dwarf Goonch	FD&C 403(t)
V	Addition of Hazards	†	Bagarius spp.	Goonch		FD&C 403(t)
V	Addition of Hazards	†	Bagarius yarrelli	Goonch	Giant Devil Catfish	FD&C 403(t)
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Canthigaster spp.	Puffer	Sharpnosed Puffers
I	Addition of Hazards		Cardisoma armatum	Crab, Land	Lagoon Crab | Lagoon Land Crab | Land Crab
V	Addition of Hazards		Channa argus	Channa | Snakehead	Northern Snakehead
V	Addition of Hazards		Channa micropeltes	Channa | Snakehead	Giant Snakehead | Red Snakehead
V	Addition of Hazards		Channa punctata	Channa | Snakehead	Spotted Snakehead
V	Addition of Hazards		Channa striata	Channa | Snakehead	Chevron Snakehead | Striped Snakehead
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Chelonodon spp.	Puffer	Puffers
V	Addition of Vernacular Names and images		Clupea harengus	Herring | Sea Herring | Sild	Atlantic Herring
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Clupea pallasii	Herring | Sea Herring | Sild	Pacific Herring
I	Addition of Vernacular Name		Concholepas concholepas	Abalone-Style Shellfish	Sea Snail
V	Modification to Common Name		Coregonus albula	Vendace	European Cisco
V	Removal of listing. Fish is extinct		Coregonus alpenae	Cisco | Chub	Longjaw Cisco
V	Modification to Acceptable Market, Common, and Vernacular Names. Removal of HAZ		Coregonus artedi	Cisco | Chub	Lake Herring | Tullibee
V	Update to Vernacular Name.  Removal of HAZ		Coregonus clupeaformis	Whitefish	Lake Whitefish
V	New listing		Coregonus hoyi	Cisco | Chub	Bloater
V	Modification to Acceptable Market Name Removal of HAZ		Coregonus kiyi	Cisco | Chub	Kiyi
V	Modification - Removal of HAZ		Coregonus pidschian	Whitefish	Humpback Whitefish
V	Modification to Vernacular Names. Removal of HAZ		Coregonus reighardi	Cisco | Chub	Shortnose Cisco
V	Modification to Common and Vernacular Names. Removal of HAZ		Coregonus zenithicus	Cisco | Chub	Shortjaw Cisco | Shortjaw Chub
V	New listing		Cyclopsetta querna	Flounder	Toothed Flounder
V	New listing		Engraulis anchoita	Anchovy	Argentine Anchovy
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Engraulis australis	Anchovy	Southern Anchovy
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Engraulis encrasicolus	Anchovy	European Anchovy
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Engraulis eurystole	Anchovy	Silver Anchovy
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Engraulis japonicus	Anchovy	Japanese Anchovy
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Engraulis mordax	Anchovy	Northern Anchovy
V	Addition of Vernacular Names		Engraulis ringens	Anchovy	Anchoveta
V	Modification to Common Name and Vernacular Names		Ethmidium maculatum	Menhaden	Pacific Menhaden
V	Nomenclature changed: Formerly known as Etrumeus teres		Etrumeus sadina	Herring	Round Herring
V	New listing		Hyperlophus vittatus	Sprat, Sandy	White Pilchard
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Lagocephalus laevigatus	Puffer Fish	Smooth Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Lagocephalus lagocephalus	Puffer Fish	Oceanic Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Lagocephalus lunaris	Puffer Fish	Moontail Blassop
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Lagocephalus spp.	Puffer	Puffers
I	Addition of Vernacular Name		Lambis lambis	Conch	Spider Conch
V	Removal of HAZ		Lepomis auritus	Sunfish	Redbreast Sunfish
V	Modification to Common Name and Vernacular Names Remove HAZ		Lepomis gibbosus	Sunfish	Kiver | Pumpkinseed
V	Modification to Vernacular Names. Removal of HAZ		Lepomis gulosus	Sunfish	Warmouth
V	Modification to Acceptable Market, Common, and Vernacular Names.		Lepomis macrochirus	Sunfish	Bluegill
V	Removal of HAZ		Lepomis punctatus	Sunfish	Spotted Sunfish
I	Common Name correction. Incomplete name previously listed		Loligo reynaudii	Squid | Calamari	Cape Hope Squid
V	Modification to Common, and Vernacular Names. Removal of HAZ		Lota lota	Burbot	American Burbot
I	Nomenclature change: Formerly known as Strombus costatus		Macrostrombus costatus	Conch	Milk Conch
V	Addition of Vernacular Name		Merluccius productus	Whiting, North Pacific | Pacific Whiting	Pacific Whiting
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Micropterus dolomieu	Bass	Smallmouth Bass
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Micropterus punctulatus	Bass	Spotted Bass
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Micropterus salmoides	Bass	Largemouth Bass
V	New listing		Micropterus spp.	Bass
I	Addition of Hazards		Mulinia edulis	Surfclam	Chilean Clam
V	Addition of Hazards		Odontesthes regia	Silverside	Chilean Silverside
I	Removal of Hazards		Pandalus platyceros	Shrimp	Spot Shrimp
V	Modification to Acceptable Market, Common, and Vernacular Names.		Perca flavescens	Perch	Lake Perch | Yellow Perch
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Perca fluviatilis	Perch	Eurasian Perch
V	Addition of Vernacular Name. Addition of Hazards		Pleuronectes platessa	Plaice | Flounder	European Plaice
V	Addition of Vernacular Name		Salvelinus alpinus	Char	Arctic Char
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Salvelinus fontinalis	Trout	Brook Trout
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Salvelinus malma	Trout	Dolly Varden
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Salvelinus namaycush	Trout	Lake Trout
V	Addition of Common Name		Sardinella albella	Sardine	Perforated-Scale Sardine | White Sardinella
V	Nomenclature change: Formerly known as Sardinella janeiro		Sardinella brasiliensis	Sardine	Orangespot Sardine
V	Modification to Vernacular Names		Sardinella fimbriata	Sardine	Fringescale Sardinella
V	Addition of Vernacular Names and images		Sardinella gibbosa	Sardine	Goldstripe Sardinella
V	Remove due to nomenclature change: Species is no longer valid		Sardinella janeiro	Sardine	Orangespot Sardine
V	Modificaion to Common Names		Sardinella longiceps	Sardine	Indian Oil Sardine
V	New listing		Sardinella maderensis	Sardine	Madeiran Sardinella
V	Modification to Common Name		Sardinella zunasi	Sardine	Japanese Sardinella | Japanese Scaled Sardine
V	Remove Sardinops neopilchard from SFL.  Sardinops neopilchard is invalid nomenclature.  Species is valid as Sardinops sagax.		Sardinops neopilchard	Pilchard | Sardine	Australian Pilchard
V	Remove Vernacular Name		Sardinops ocellatus	Pilchard | Sardine	South African Pilchard
V	Addition of comment		Sardinops sagax	Pilchard | Sardine	Pacific Sardine
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides annulatus	Puffer Fish	Bullseye Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides dorsalis	Puffer Fish	Marbled Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides lobatus	Puffer Fish	Longnose Puffer
V	Modification to Acceptable Market and Vernacular Names  Addition of marker Addition of images	IA	Sphoeroides maculatus	Puffer Fish	Northern Puffer	Import Alert 16-20 (fda.gov)
V	Modification to Acceptable Market Name Addition of marker	IA	Sphoeroides nephelus	Puffer Fish	Southern Puffer	Import Alert 16-20 (fda.gov)
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides pachygaster	Puffer Fish	Blunthead Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides parvus	Puffer Fish	Least Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides spengleri	Puffer Fish	Bandtail Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides spp.	Puffer
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Sphoeroides testudineus	Puffer Fish	Checkered Puffer
V	Addition of Hazards		Stephanolepis cirrhifer	Filefish	Threadsail Filefish
V	Nomenclature change: Formerly Clupea bentincki		Strangomera bentincki	Herring	Araucanian Herring
I	Retired. Subspecies and synonymous to Strombus pugilis		Strombus alatus	Conch	Florida Fighting Conch
V	New Listing.  Allowed entry through Letter Exchange with Japan ONLY.	IA	Takifugu rubripes	Puffer Fish | Fugu	Tiger Puffer	Import Alert 16-20 (fda.gov)
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Takifugu spp.	Puffer | Fugu	Puffers
V	Removed from the SFL. Sale is not permitted in US commerce.  The SFL only identifies those fish that are sold in the US.		Tetraodon spp	Puffer	Swellfishes
V	New Listing		Trichopodus microlepis	Gourami	Moonlight Gourami
I	Nomenclature change: Formerly known as Pleuroploca gigantea		Triplofusus giganteus	Conch	Horse Conch
I	Addition of Hazards		Venerupis aspera	Clam, Littleneck	Venus Carpet Shell

Additional Information

• Guidance for Industry: The Seafood List FDA’s Guide to Determine Acceptable Seafood Names