Kosher Fish List - Kosher Fish

Here is a full kosher fish list, which is corroborated by Chabad and the Orthodox Union (OU). If you have any doubts about the kashrut status of a fish, consult with your trusted rabbi.
If you don’t want to hunt for which fish are kosher below, head to the KosherFish.co homepage to search the kosher fish database with our handy tool.



KosherAlbacore
Longfin Tuna, White Tuna, Albacore Tuna, Tombo



KosherAlewife
River Herring, Sawbelly, Grayback, Kyack



KosherAmberjack
Greater Amberjack, AJ, Reef Donkey, Coronado



KosherAnchovies
Anchovy, European Anchovy, Bay Anchovy, Northern Anchovy



KosherAngelfishes
Angelfish, Butterfly Fish, Queen Angelfish, French Angelfish



KosherBallyhoo
Balao, Halfbeak, Ballyhoo Halfbeak



KosherBarracudas
Barracuda, Great Barracuda, Pacific Barracuda, Cuda



KosherBass
Sea Bass, Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Bass, White Bass



KosherBigeyes
Bigeye, Aweoweo, Big Eye, Glasseye



KosherBlackfish
Tautog, Black Porgy, Oyster Fish, Tog



KosherBlacksmith
Blue Damselfish, Pacific Damselfish



KosherBlueback
Blueback Herring, Summer Herring, Glut Herring



KosherBluefish
Snapper Blue, Tailor, Elf, Shad



KosherBocaccio
Bocaccio Rockfish, Salmon Grouper, Red Snapper



KosherBombay duck



KosherBonefish
Gray Ghost, Phantom, Silver Ghost, Banana Fish



KosherBonito
Atlantic Bonito, Common Bonito, Katonkel



KosherBowfin
Mudfish, Dogfish, Grindle, Cypress Trout



KosherBream
Common Bream, Bronze Bream, Carp Bream, Freshwater Bream



KosherBrill
European Brill, Kite



KosherBuffalo Fishes
Buffalo Fish, Bigmouth Buffalo, Smallmouth Buffalo, Black Buffalo



KosherButterFish
American Butterfish, Dollarfish, Shiner, Sheepshead



KosherButterfly fish



KosherCabrilla
Comber, Sea Perch



KosherCalicobass



KosherCapelin
Caplin, Lodde



KosherCarosucker



KosherCarps and minnows
Black Fish, Blackfish, Bream, Carp, Crucian, Crucian carp, Freshwater Bream, Freshwater breams, Goldfish, Hardhead, Leather Carp, Mirror Carp, Roach, Scramento Backfish, Scramento backfish, Splittail, Squawfish, Squawfishes, Tench, Wrasse, hardhead, tench



KosherCaviar



KosherCero
Cero Mackerel, Painted Mackerel, King Cero



KosherChannel bass



KosherChar
Arctic Char, Brook Char, Lake Char, Dolly Varden



KosherChilipepper
Chilipepper Rockfish



KosherChinook salmon



KosherChup



KosherCichlids
Chichlios, Cichild, Cichlios, Mozambique Mouthbrooder, Mozambique mouthbrooder, Rio Grande Perch, Rio Grande perch, Talapia, Tilapia, Tilapias



KosherCigarfish



KosherCisco
Lake Herring, Tullibee, Lake Cisco



KosherCoalfish
Saithe, Pollock, Coley, Boston Blue



KosherCobia
Ling, Lemonfish, Crabeater, Black Kingfish



KosherCodfishes
Atlantic, Black Cod, Blue Whiting, Blue whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Frostfish, Haddock, Hake, Hakes, Merluccio, Pacific Cod, Pacific cod, Pollock, Poutassou, Sable Fish, Sablefish, Saithe, See: Freshwater Cod, Tomcod, Tomcods, Walleye Pollock, Walleye pollock, Whiting, coalfish, frostfishes, poutassou, saithe



KosherCoho salmon



KosherCorbina
California Corbina, Corvina, Surf Fish



KosherCottonwick



KosherCrappie
Black Crappie, White Crappie, Papermouth, Speckled Perch



KosherCreville



KosherCroacker



KosherCrucian carp



KosherCubbyu



KosherCunner



KosherDab
Common Dab, Sand Dab



KosherDamselfishes
Blacksmith, Damselfish, Garibaldi



KosherDoctorfish
Doctorfish Tang, Lancetfish



KosherDolly Varden
Dolly Varden Trout, Dolly, Bull Trout



KosherDolphin fishes
Dolphin, Dolphin Fish, Mahi, Mahi Mahi, Mahimahi



KosherDrums and croakers
Bairdiella, Black Croaker, Black croaker, California corbina, Channel Bass, Corbina, Corvina, Croaker, Croakers, Cubbyu, Drum, Drums, Fluke, Freshwater Drum, Freshwater drum, Hallibut, King Croaker, King Whiting, King croaker, Kingfish, Kingfishes, Lafayette, Plaice, Queenfish, Red Drum, Red drum, Ribbon Fish, Seatrout, Seatrouts, Silver Perch, Silver perch, Spot, Spotfin Croaker, Spotfin croaker, Turbot, Weakfish, White, White Croaker, White Seabass, White seabass, Yellowfin Croaker, Yellowfin croaker, carvinas, lafayette, spot



KosherEulachon
Candlefish, Salvation Fish, Oolichan



KosherFlounders
[""Dover" sole",""English" sole","American Plaice","American plaice","Bigmouth Sole","Bigmouth sole","Blackback","Blue Back","Blueback","Brill","Butter of Scalyfin Sole","Butter of scalyfin sole","California Halibut","California halibut","Curlfin Sole","Curlfin Turbot","Curlfin turbot","Dab","Dabs","Diamond Turbot","Diamond turbot","Dover Sole","English Sole","European Plaice","European plaice","Fantail Sole","Fantail sole","Flounder","Fluke","Greeland Turbot","Greenland Halibut","Greenland turbot","Halibut","Halibuts","Hogchocker","Lemon Sole","Lined Sole","Liopsetta","Pacific Turbots","Pacific turbots","Petrale Sole","Petrale sole","Platichythys","Rex Sole","Rex sole","Rock Sole","Rock sole","Sand Sole","Sanddabs","Slender Sole","Slender sole","Sole","Starry Flounder","Starry flounder","Summer Flounder","Summer flounder","True Sole","Winter Flounder","Winter flounder","Yellowfin Sole","Yellowfin sole","Yellowtail Flounder","Yellowtail flounder","blackback","etc.)","fluke","halibut","sole"]



KosherFluke
Summer Flounder, Northern Fluke, Plaice



KosherFlyingfishes and halfbeaks
Balao, Ballyhoo, Fllying Fish, Flyingfish, Halfbeak



KosherFrostfish



KosherGag
Gag Grouper, Charcoal Belly



KosherGaribaldi
Garibaldi Damselfish, California State Fish



KosherGiant kelpfish



KosherGizzard shad



KosherGoatfishes
Goat Fish, Goatfish, Kumu, Mullet, Red Mullet, Red mullet, Surmullet, Wekes



KosherGobies
Bigmouth Sleeper, Bigmouth sleeper, Goby, Guavina, Sirajo Goby, Sirajo goby, Sleeper, guavina



KosherGoldeye
Mooneye



KosherGoldfish
Goldfish Carp



KosherGrayling
European Grayling, Arctic Grayling



KosherGraysby



KosherGreenlings
Atka, Atkamackerel, Black Bonito Cod, Black Ling, Blue Ling, Cabio, Cultus, Cultus Orblue Cod, Greenling, Kelp Greenling, Kelp greenling, Ling, Lingcod, Lingod, Sablefish, Sea Trout, Seatrout, seatrout



KosherGrindle



KosherGrouper
Grouper, Black Grouper, Red Grouper, Goliath Grouper, Nassau Grouper



KosherGrunion
California Grunion



KosherGrunts
Black Margate, Cottonwick, Grunt, Margate, Pigfish, Porkfish, Sailor's Choice, Sargo, Tomtate



KosherGuavina



KosherHaddock
Scrod, Finnan Haddie



KosherHake
Pacific Hake, Silver Hake, Whiting, Merluccio



KosherHakes
Pacific hake, Silver hake, meriuccio, whiting



KosherHalfbeak



KosherHalfmoon



KosherHalibut
Atlantic Halibut, Pacific Halibut, California Halibut, Chicken Halibut



KosherHamlet



KosherHardhead



KosherHarvestfish



KosherHawkfishes
Hawkfish, Hawklfishes



KosherHerrings
Alewife, Altantic, Atlantic, Blueback, European Sardine, European sardine, Gizzard Shad, Gizzard shads, Glut Herring, Herring, Hickory Shad, Hickory shad, Menhaden, Menhadens, Mossbunker, Pacific Herring, Pacific Sardine, Pacific herring, Pacific sardine, Pilchard, River Herring, Sardine, Shad, Shads, Spanish Sardine, Spanish sardines, Spart, Thread Herring, blueback, mossbunkers, pilchard



KosherHind



KosherHogchocker



KosherHogfish
Hog Snapper, Capitaine



KosherHorse mackerel



KosherJack Mackerel



KosherJacks and Pompanos
Amberjack, Amberjacks, Blue Runner, Blue runner, Butter Fish, Butterfish, California Yellowtail, California yellowtail, Cigar Fish, Cigarfish, Crevalles, Creville, Harvestfish, Horse Mackerel, Jack Mackerel, Jack mackerel, Jacks, Leatherback, Lookdown, Mackerel, Moon Fish, Moonfish, Moonfishes, Pacific Pompano, Palometa, Permit, Pompano, Pompanos, Rainbow Runner, Rainbow runner, Runner, Scad, Scads, Selar Species, Uluas, Yellowtail, cigarfish, lae, palometas, permits, uluas, yellowtails



KosherJacksmelt



KosherJewfish



KosherJohn Dory



KosherKelpfish
Giant Kelp, Kelp



KosherKingfish
King Whiting, Northern Kingfish, Southern Kingfish, Gulf Kingfish



KosherLadyfish
Ten Pounder, Tenpounder



KosherLafayette



KosherLake Herring



KosherLargemouth bass



KosherLeatherback



KosherLingcod
Ling, Buffalo Cod, Blue Cod



KosherLizardfishes
Lizard Fish, Lizardfish



KosherLookdown
Moonfish, Horsehead



KosherMackerel
Atlantic Mackerel, Pacific Mackerel, King Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Wahoo



KosherMackerels



KosherMackerels and tunas
Albacore, Bonitos, King mackerel, Mackerels, Skipjack tunas, Spanish mackerels, Wahoo, cero, kingfish, sierra, tunas



KosherMahimahi



KosherMargate
White Margate, Margaret Grunt



KosherMenhaden
Bunker, Mossbunker, Pogy, Fatback, Bugfish



KosherMenpachii



KosherMerluccio



KosherMilkfish
Awa



KosherMojarras
Mojarra



KosherMonkeyface prickleback



KosherMooneye



KosherMoonfsh



KosherMossbunker



KosherMouthbrooder



KosherMullet
Striped Mullet, Gray Mullet, Black Mullet, Flathead Mullet



KosherMullets
Mountain mullets, Uouoa, amaamas, dajaos



KosherMuskellunge
Muskie, Musky, Lunge



KosherMutton hamlet



KosherMuttonfish



KosherNeedlefish
Marine Gar, Needlefishes



KosherOpaleye
Opaleye Perch, Green Fish, Jack Benny



KosherPalometa



KosherParrotfish
Parrotfishes, Uhu, uhus



KosherPerch
Blackperth, Blue Pike, Cichlids, Drum, Muskellunge, Pickerel, Pike, Pike Perch, Pikeperch, Pile Perch, Sauger, Sauget, Scorpionfish, Sea Perch, Sufperche, Surf Perch, Surfperch, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Yellow Pike, Yellow perch, yellow



KosherPermit
Great Pompano, Round Pompano



KosherPickerel
Chain Pickerel, Redfin Pickerel, Grass Pickerel, Jack



KosherPigfish



KosherPike
Northern Pike, Jackfish, Great Northern Pike, Slough Shark



KosherPikeperch



KosherPilchard
European Pilchard, Sardine



KosherPinfish



KosherPlaice
European Plaice, American Plaice, Dab



KosherPollock
Alaska Pollock, Walleye Pollock, European Pollock, Coalfish



KosherPomfret
Atlantic Pomfret, Ray's Beam



KosherPompano
Florida Pompano, Common Pompano, Golden Pompano



KosherPorgies and sea breams
Pinfish, Porgie, Porgies, Porgy, Scup, Sea Bream, Sheepshead



KosherPorkfish



KosherPoutassou



KosherPrickleback
Monkeyface Eel, Monkeyface Prickleback, Prickleback Eel



KosherQueenfish



KosherQuillback



KosherRabalo



KosherRay's bream



KosherRed snapper
Northern Red Snapper, American Red Snapper, Gulf Red Snapper



KosherRedfish
Red Drum, Channel Bass, Spottail Bass, Ocean Perch



KosherRoach



KosherRock bass



KosherRockfish
Pacific Rockfish, Rock Cod, Snapper, Pacific Red Snapper



KosherRockhind



KosherRosefish



KosherRudderfish



KosherRunner



KosherSablefish



KosherSailors choice



KosherSaithe



KosherSalmon
Atlantic Salmon, Pacific Salmon, King Salmon, Chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Pink Salmon



KosherSardine
Pilchard, Pacific Sardine, European Sardine, Bristling



KosherSargo



KosherSauger



KosherScad



KosherScamp



KosherSchoolmaster



KosherScorpionfish
Bocaccio, California Scorpionfish, California scorpionfish, Channel Rockfish, Chilipepper, Nohus, Ocean Perch, Pacific Ocean Perch, Pacific ocean perch, Redfish, Rockfish, Rosefish, Scorpionfishes, Sculpin, Shortspine Thornyhead, Shortspine thornyhead, Wrass, rockfishes, rosefish, sculpin



KosherScup
Porgy, Northern Porgy, Sea Bream



KosherSea bass
Black Sea Bass, Black sea basses, Cabrilla, Gag, Graysby, Grouper, Groupers, Hamlet, Hind, Jewfish, Kelp Bass, Mutton Hamlet, Mutton hamlet Sand bass, Red Hind, Red hind, Rockhind, Sand Bass, Scamp, Speckled Hind, Speckled hind, Spotted Bass, Spotted Cabrilla, Spotted cabrilla, Temperate Bass



KosherSea bream



KosherSea chubs
Bermuda Chub, Bermuda chug, Halfmoon, Opaleye, Rudderfish, Sea Chub, rudderfish



KosherSeaperch



KosherSearobin



KosherSeatrout



KosherShad
American Shad, White Shad, Atlantic Shad, Potomac Shad



KosherSheepshead
Convict Fish, Sheephead



KosherSierra



KosherSilversides
California Grunion, California grunion, Jacksmelt, Silverside, Spearing, Topsmelt, Whitebait, spearing



KosherSirajo goby



KosherSkipjack



KosherSleeper



KosherSmallmouth bass



KosherSmelts
Capelin, Eullachon, Smelt



KosherSnapper
Red Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Mangrove Snapper



KosherSnapper blue



KosherSnook
Rabalo, Snooks orrabalos



KosherSockeye salmon



KosherSole
Dover Sole, Lemon Sole, Petrale Sole, English Sole



KosherSpadefish
Spadefishes



KosherSpanish mackerel



KosherSpearing



KosherSplitttail



KosherSpot



KosherSprat
European Sprat, Bristling, Brisling



KosherSquawfish



KosherSquirrelfish
Menpachii, Squirrelfishes



KosherSteelhead
Steelhead Trout, Sea-Run Rainbow, Ironhead



KosherStriped bass
Striper, Rockfish, Linesider, Rock



KosherSucker
Buffalo Fish, Buffalo fishes, Carpsucker, Quillback, Quillbacks, Suckerfish, Suckers, carpsuckers



KosherSunfish
Bluegill, Calico Bass, Crappie, Crappies, Freshwater Bass, Freshwater basses, Largemouth Bass, Largemouth bass, Red Eye, Rock Bass, Rock bass, Smallmouth Bass, Smallmouth bass, Sunfishes, Warmouth



KosherSurfperches
Blackperth, Pile perch, Seaperches, Shiner perch



KosherSurgeonfish
Doctor Fish, Doctorfish, Kala, Surgeon, Surgeonfishes, Tang, Unicorn Fish, Unicornfish, Unicornfishes, kalas, tangs



KosherTang
Surgeonfish, Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Unicornfish



KosherTarpon
Silver King, Sabalo, Atlantic Tarpon



KosherTautog
Blackfish, Tog, Black Porgy



KosherTemperate bass
Giant California sea bass, Striped bass, White bass, White perch, Yellow bass, rockfish



KosherTench
Doctor Fish



KosherTenpounder



KosherThreadfin
Barbu, Blue Bobo, Blue bobo, Moi



KosherTilapia
Nile Tilapia, Mozambique Tilapia, St. Peter's Fish



KosherTilefish
Golden Tilefish, Golden Bass, Rainbow Tilefish



KosherTomcod



KosherTomsmelt



KosherTomtate



KosherTripletail



KosherTrout and whitefish
Arctic Char, Arctic char, Atlantic Salmon, Atlantic salmon, Blueback Salmon, Brook Rout, Brown Trout, Char, Chars, Chinook, Chub, Chum, Chup, Cisco, Coho, Cutthroat Trout, Dog Salmon, Dolly Varden, Fall Salmon, Golden Trout, Grayling, Humpback Salmon, King Salmon, Lake Herring, Lake Trout, Lake trout, Pacific Salmon, Pacific salmons, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Red Salmon, Salmon, Sea Chub, Sea Trout, Silver Salmon, Sockeye, Spring Salmon, Steelhead, Tilefish, Trout, Trouts Brown trout, Whitefish, Whitefishes, blueback, chinook, chubs, chum, ciscos, dog, graylings, king, pink, sockeye, steelhead



KosherTuna
Bluefin Tuna, Yellowfin Tuna, Skipjack, Ahi, Albacore



KosherTurbot
European Turbot, Brill



KosherUnicornfish



KosherWahoo
Ono, Pacific Kingfish, Peto



KosherWalleye
Yellow Pike, Pickerel, Yellow Walleye, Glass Eye



KosherWalleye pollock



KosherWarmouth



KosherWeakfish
Sea Trout, Gray Trout, Squeteague, Yellowfin



KosherWhiteFish
Lake Whitefish, Common Whitefish, Humpback Whitefish



KosherWhiting
European Whiting, Merling



KosherWrass
Wrasse, Tautog, Hogfish, California Sheephead, Cunner, Bergall



KosherYellowtail
Yellowtail Amberjack, California Yellowtail, Hiramasa, Kingfish



KosherYellowtail snapper
Yellowtail, Rabirubia