Toronto: complete list of seafood samples Sold as (label/menu/server) Identified as (BOLD) Common name (Acceptable CFIA market names) Mislabelled Purchase location Amberjack Black Cod Butterfish Butterfish Butterfish Butterfish Cod Cod, Atlantic Cod, Atlantic Cod, Atlantic Cod, Atlantic Cod, Fogo Seriola dumerili stenolepis Gadus macrocephalus Amberjack (Rudderfish, Greater amberjack, Amberjack) Restaurant Pacific halibut (Halibut, Pacific halibut) Yes Restaurant Pacific cod (Pacific cod, Yes Restaurant
Cod, Fogo Island Cod, Icelandic Cod, Icelandic Cod, Icelandic Cod, Pacific Cod, Pacific Cod, Pacific Restaurant Ophiodon elongatus Lingcod (Lingcod) Yes Restaurant Yes Restaurant Melanogrammus aeglefinus Haddock (Haddock) Yes Restaurant Flounder Paralichthys dentatus Summer flounder (Summer flounder, Fluke, Flounder) Grouper Pangasianodon (Pangasius) hypophthalmus Striped catfish (Pangasius, Basa, Sutchi catfish) Yes Restaurant Grouper Grouper, Yellow Halibut Pangasianodon (Pangasius) hypophthalmus Hyporthodus flavolimbatus Paralichthys californicus Striped catfish (Pangasius, Basa, Sutchi catfish) Yes Restaurant Yellowedge grouper (n/a) Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List California flounder (Flounder, California flounder, California halibut) Yes Restaurant
Halibut, Atlantic Halibut, Atlantic Halibut, Atlantic Halibut, Atlantic Halibut, Haida Gwaii Halibut, Pacific Halibut, Pacific Halibut, Pacific Halibut, Pacific Reinhardtius hippoglossoides stenolepis stenolepis Greenland turbot (Greenland turbot, Black turbot, Turbot, American turbot, Newfoundland turbot) Yes Restaurant halibut, Halibut) Fish market halibut, Halibut) Restaurant halibut, Halibut) Restaurant halibut, Halibut) Yes Restaurant halibut, Halibut) Yes Restaurant halibut, Halibut) Yes Restaurant Pacific halibut (Pacific halibut, Halibut) Pacific halibut (Pacific halibut, Halibut) Pickerel Sander vitreus Pickerel (Yellow pickerel, Walleye pike, Walleye, Pickerel) Pickerel Sander vitreus Pickerel (Yellow pickerel, Walleye pike, Walleye, Pickerel) Restaurant
Pickerel Sander vitreus Pickerel (Yellow pickerel, Walleye pike, Walleye, Pickerel) Rockfish, Pacific Salmon, BC Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Chinook Sebastes reedi Salmo salar Salmo salar tshawytscha Yellowmouth Rockfish (Rosefish, Rockfish, Pacific Red Snapper, Yellowmouth rockfish) Atlantic salmon (Atlantic salmon, salmon) Yes Restaurant Atlantic salmon (Atlantic salmon, salmon) Yes Restaurant Chinook salmon (Pink chinook, King salmon, Chinook salmon, Spring salmon, Chinook, Red Chinook, White Chinook) Restaurant Salmon, Coho kisutch Coho salmon (Coho salmon, Medium red coho salmon, Blueback salmon) Restaurant Salmon, Coho kisutch Coho salmon (Coho salmon, Medium red coho salmon, Blueback salmon) Salmon, Coho kisutch Coho salmon (Coho salmon, Medium red coho salmon, Blueback salmon)
Salmon, King Salmon, Ora King tshawytscha tshawytscha Chinook salmon (Pink chinook, King salmon, Chinook salmon, Spring salmon, Chinook, Red Chinook, White Chinook) Restaurant Chinook salmon (Pink chinook, King salmon, Chinook salmon, Spring salmon, Chinook, Red Chinook, White Chinook) Restaurant Salmon, Sockeye sockeye salmon) Restaurant Salmon, sockeye sockeye salmon) Restaurant Salmon, Sockeye sockeye salmon) Restaurant Salmon, Sockeye sockeye salmon)
Salmon, Sockeye sockeye salmon) Salmon, Sockeye Sea Bass, Chilean Sea Bass, Chilean Snapper Snapper Snapper Snapper, Japanese Snapper, Pacific Dissostichus mawsoni Dissostichus eleginoides niloticus niloticus mossambicus Pagrus major Sebastes melanostictus mossambicus sockeye salmon) Restaurant Antarctic toothfish (Antarctic toothfish) Yes Restaurant Patagonian toothfish (Patagonian toothfish) Yes Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Tilapia) Yes Restaurant Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Tilapia) Yes Restaurant Mozambique tilapia (Tilapia, Mozambique tilapia) Yes Restaurant Japanese seabream (Genuine Porgy, Japanese seabream, Silver seabream) Yes Restaurant Blackspotted rockfish (n/a) Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List Mozambique tilapia (Tilapia, Mozambique tilapia) Yes Restaurant
Rhomboplites aurorubens Beeliner (Beeliner, B- liner) Yes Restaurant Lutjanus bohar Two-spotted red snapper; Twinspot Snapper (n/a) Yes - species substitution and not on CFIA's Fish List Restaurant Sebastes mentella or Sebastes norvegicus Rhomboplites aurorubens niloticus Sebastes fasciatus niloticus Rhomboplites aurorubens aureus S. mentella: Ocean perch (Rosefish, Beaked redfish, Atlantic Ocean perch, Atlantic rosefish, Redfish, Ocean perch) S. norvegicus: Golden redifsh (Rockfish, Golden redfish) Yes Restaurant Beeliner (Beeliner, B- liner) Yes Restaurant Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Tilapia) Yes Restaurant Acadian redfish (Rosefish, Ocean perch, Acadian redfish, Atlantic rosefish, Redfish, Atlantic ocean perch) Yes Restaurant Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Tilapia) Yes Restaurant Beeliner (Beeliner, B- liner) Yes Restaurant Blue tilapia (n/a) Yes - species substitution and not on CFIA's Fish List Restaurant
Sole Sole Lepidopsetta polyxystra rthern rock sole (n/a) Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland turbot (Greenland turbot, Black turbot, Turbot, American turbot, Newfoundland turbot) Yes Restaurant Sole, Dover Solea solea Common sole Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List Restaurant Sole, Dover Solea solea Common sole Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List Restaurant Sole, Dover Solea solea Common sole Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List Restaurant Sole, Dover Solea solea Common sole Yes - not on CFIA's Fish List Restaurant Sole Hippoglossoides elassodon or Hippoglossoides robustus Flathead sole or Bering flounder Sole Pangasianodon (Pangasius) hypophthalmus Striped catfish (Pangasius, Basa, Sutchi catfish) Yes Restaurant Sole, Lemon Paralichthys dentatus Summer flounder (Summer flounder, Fluke, Flounder) Yes Fish market Trout, Ocean mykiss Rainbow trout (Rainbow trout, Trout, Steelhed trout, Steelhead, Deep sea trout, Steelhead salmon) Yes - Ocean trout is not an acceptable market name Restaurant
Trout, Rainbow mykiss Rainbow trout (Rainbow trout, Trout, Steelhed trout, Steelhead, Deep sea trout, Steelhead salmon) Restaurant Trout, Rainbow mykiss Rainbow trout (Rainbow trout, Trout, Steelhed trout, Steelhead, Deep sea trout, Steelhead salmon) Restaurant Tuna Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Bluefin Thunnus albacares Thunnus thynnus Thunnus thynnus Thunnus orientalis Yellowfin tuna (Tuna, Yellowfin tuna, Yellowfin) Restaurant Atlantic bluefin tuna (Tuna, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Bluefin tuna, rthern bluefin tuna) Restaurant Atlantic bluefin tuna (Tuna, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Bluefin tuna, rthern bluefin tuna) Restaurant Pacific bluefin tuna (Pacific bluefin tuna, Bluefin tuna, Oriental tuna, Tuna) Restaurant Tuna, Red Thunnus orientalis Pacific bluefin tuna (Pacific bluefin tuna, Bluefin tuna, Oriental tuna, Tuna) Yes - Red tuna is not an acceptable market name Restaurant
Tuna, White Tuna, White Tuna, White Tuna, White Tuna, White Tuna, White Yellowtail Yellowtail Yellowtail Yellowtail Yellowtail niloticus Seriola quinqueradiata Seriola quinqueradiata Seriola quinqueradiata Seriola quinqueradiata Seriola quinqueradiata Nile tilapia (Nile tilapia, Tilapia) Yes Restaurant Japanese amberjack (Japanese Amberjack) Yes Restaurant Japanese amberjack (Japanese Amberjack) Yes Restaurant Japanese amberjack (Japanese Amberjack) Yes Restaurant Japanese amberjack (Japanese Amberjack) Yes Restaurant Japanese amberjack (Japanese Amberjack) Yes Restaurant