This information came from several sources. All with a keen interest in obedience to the Biblical rules concerning clean and unclean foods. Some of this information came out of the World Wide Church of God Childrens Bible Story Books. Some from http://www.kashrus.org/kosher/kosherfish.html

Chicken
Dove
Duck
Goose
Grouse
Guinea
Partridge
Peacock
Pheasant
Pigeon
Song birds
Sparrow
Quail
Turkey

Cattle
Deer
Hart
Sheep
Elk
Ibex
Antilope
Gazzele
Moose
Geraffe
Reindeer
Caribou
Goat
Locust
Crickets
Grasshoppers

KOSHER FISH

A

Albacore See: Mackerels Alewife See: Herrings
Amberjack See: Jacks

Anchovies (Family Engraulidae). Including: European anchovy (Engraulis i encrasciolus), North of California anchovv (En raulis mordax4. Angelfishes and butterfly fishes (Family Chaetodontidae). Including: Angelfishes (Holacanthus species, Pomacanthus species).

Atlantic Pomfret or Ray's Bream (Brama brama)

C

Ballyhoo See: Flyingfishes

Barracudas (Family Sphyraenidae) Including: Barracudas and kakus (Sphyraena species). Bass , Sea Basses. Temperate basses, Sunfishes, Drums Bigeyes (Family Priacanthidae). Including: Bigeyes or aweoweos (Priacanthus species).

Blackfish See: Carps, Wrasses
Blacksmith See: Damselfishes
Blueback See: Flounders, Herrings, Trouts
Bluefish or snapper blue (Pomatomus saltarix)
Bluegill See: Sunfishes
Bocaccio See: Scorpionfishes
Bombay duck (Harpadeon nehereus)
Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
Bonito See: Cobia, Mackerels
Bowfin Freshwater dogfish, or grindle (Amia calva)
Bream See: Carps, Atlantic pomfret, Porgies
Brill See: Flounder
Buffalo fishes See: Suckers
Burbot See: Codfishes

ButterFishes (Family Stromateidae), Including: Butterfish (Peprilus tracanthus); Pacific pompano (Peprilus similimus); harvestfishes (Peprilus species)

Butterfly fish See: angelfish

C

Cabrilla See: Sea Basses
Calico bass See: Sunfishes
Capelin See: Smelts
Carps and minnows (Family Cyprinidae), Including: the carp, leather carp, mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio); Crucian carp (Carassius carassius); Goldfish (Carassius auratus); tench (Tinca tinca); Splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus); Squawfishes (Ptychocheilus species); Scramento backfish or hardhead (Orthodon microlepidotus); Freshwater breams (Abramis species, Blicca species); Roach (Rutilus rutilus).

Carosucker See: Suckers
Caviar (Must be from a kosher fish) See: Trouts and whitefishes (salmon), Lumpsuckers (non kosher), Sturgeons (non kosher).
Cero See: Mackerels
Channel bass See: Drums Char See: Trouts
Chilipepper See: Scorpionfishes
Chinook salmon See: Trouts

Chup See: Trouts, Sea chubs Cichlids (Family Chichilidae), Including: Tilapias (Tilapia species); Mozambique mouthbrooder (Tilapia mossambica); Cichlios (Cichlasoma species); Rio Grande perch (Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum) Cigarfish See:Jacks
Cisco See: Trouts

Coalfish See: Codfishes
Cobia, cabio, or black bonito (Rachycentron canadum) Cod, cultus, black, blue, or ling. See: Greenlings, Sablefish Codfishes (Family Gadidae), Including: Cod (Gadus morhua), Haddock (Melanogrammus aegiefinus); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus); Pollock, saithe, or coalfish (Pollachius virens); Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma); Hakes (Urophycis species); Whiting (Meriangiu meriangus); Blue whiting or poutassou (Micromesistius poutassou); Burbot, lawyer, or freshwater ling (lota lota); Tomcods or frostfishes (Microgradus species). Coho salmon See: Trouts

Corbina or Corvina, See: Drums
Cottonwick See: Grunts
Crapplie See: Sunfishes
Creville See: Jacks
Croacker See: Drums
Crucian carp See: Carps
Cubbyu See: Drums
Cunner See: Wrasses Dab See: Flounders

D

Damselfishes (Family Pomacentridae). Including: Blacksmith (Chromis punctipinnis); Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicunda).
Doctorfish See: Surgeonfishes
Dolly Varden See: Trouts
Dolphin fishes or mahimahis (Coryphaena species) Not to be confused with the Mammal called Dolphin or Porpoise, which is non kosher.
Drums and croakers (Family Sciaenidae), Including: Seatrouts and carvinas (Cynoscion species); Weakfish (Cynoscion nebulosus); White seabass (Cynoscion nobillis); Croakers (micropogon species, Bairdiella species, Odontoscion species); Silver perch (Bairdiella chyrsura); White or King croaker (Genyonemus lineatus); Black croaker (cheilottena saturnum); Spotfin croaker (Roncadorstearnsi); Yellowfin croaker(Umbrinaroncador); Drums (Pogonias species, Stellifer species, Umbrina species); Red drum or channel bass (Sciaenops ocallata); Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens); Kingfishes or king whitings (Menticirrhus species); California corbina (Menticirrhus undulatus); spot or lafayette (Leiostomus xanthurus); Queenfish (Seriphus politus); Cubbyu or ribbon fish (Equetus umbrosus).

E

Eulachon See: Smelts

F

Flounders (Families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae). Including: Flounders (Paralichthys species, Liopsetta species, Platichthys species,etc.); Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus); Summer flounder or fluke (Paralichthys denatus); Yellowtail flounder (limanda ferrugina); Winter flounder, lemon sole or blackback (Pseudopleuronectes americanus); Halibuts (Hippoglossus species);

California halibut (Paralichthys Californicus); Bigmouth sole (Hippoglossina stomata); Butter of scalyfin sole (Isopsetta isolepis); "Dover" sole (Microstomus pacificus); "English" sole (Parophrys vetulus); Fantail sole (Xystreurys liolepis); Petrale sole (Eopsetta jordan); Rex sole (Glyptocephalus zichirus); Rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata); Sand Sole (Psettichthys melanostictus); Slender sole (Lyopsetta exillis); Yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera); Pacific turbots (Pleuronichthys species); Curlfin turbot or sole (Pleuronichthys decurrens); Diamond turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata); Greenland turbot or halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides); Sanddabs (Citharichthys species); Dabs (Limanda species); American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides); European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); Brill (scophthalmus rhomus). But not including: European turbot (Scophthalmus maximus or Psetta maximus). Fluke See: Flounders

Flyingfishes and halfbeaks (Family Exocoetidae); Flyingfishes (Cypselurus species, and others); Ballyhoo or balao (Hemiramphus species).

Frostfish See: Codfishes

G

Gag See: Sea basses
Garibaldi See: Damselfishes
Giant kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus)
Gizzard shad See: Herrings

Goatfishes or surmullets (Family Mullidae). Including: Goatfishes (Mullus species, Pseudupeneus species); Wekes or goatfishes (Mulloidichthys species, Upeneus species); Kumu (Parupeneus species); Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus). Gobies (Family Gobidae), Including: Bigmouth sleeper or guavina (Gobiomorus dormitor); Sirajo goby (sicydium plumieri)

Goldeye and mooneye (Hiodon alosoides and Hiodon tergisus).
Goldfish See: Carps
Grayling See: Trouts
Graysby: See: Sea basses

Greenlings (Family Hexagrammidae), Including: Greenlings (Hexagrammos species); Kelp greenling or seatrout (Hexagrammos decagrammus); Lingcod, cultus orblue cod (Ophiodonelongatus); Atkamackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius).

Grindle See: BowEin
Grouper See: Sea basses
Grunion See: Silversides

Grunts (Family Pomadasyldae), Including; Grunts (Haemulon species, Pomadasys species); Margate (Haemulon album); Tomtate (Haemulon aurolineattum); Cottonwick (Haemulon melanurum); Sailors choice (Haemulon parral); Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus); Black margate (Anisotremus surinamensis); Sargo (Anisotremus davidsoni); Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera).

Guavina See: Gobies
Haddock See: Codfishes
Hake See also Codfishes

Hakes (Family Meriucciidae), Including: Hakes (Merluccius species); Silver hake or whiting (Meriuccius bilinearis); Pacific hake or meriuccio (Meriuccius productus)

Halfbeak See: Flying fish
Halfmoon See: Sea chubs
Halibut See: Flounders
Hamlet See: Sea basses
Hardhead See: Carps
Harvestfish See: Butterfishes

Hawkfishes (Family Cirrhitidae). Including: Hawkfishes (Cirrhitus species). Herrings (Family Clupeidae), Including: Atlantic and Pacific herring (Clupae harengus subspecies); thread herrings (Opisthonema species); Shads (Alosa species); Shad or glut herring, or blueback (Alosa aestivalis); Hickory shad (Alosa mediocris); Alewife or river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus); Gizzard shads (Dorosoma species); Menhadens or mossbunkers (Brevoortia species); Spanish sardines (Sardineila anchovia); European sardine or pilchard (Sardina pilchardus); Pacific sardine or pilchard (Sardinops sagax); Spart (Sprattus sprattus) Hind See: Sea bass

Hogchocker See: Soles
Hogfish See: Wrasses
Horse mackerel See: Jacks
Jack Mankerel See: Jacks

J

Jacks and Pompanos (Family Charangidae) Including: Pompanos, palometas, and permits (Trachionotus species); Amberjacks and yellowtails (Seriola species); California yellowtail (Seriola dorsalls); Scads and cigarfish (Decapterus species, Selar species, Trachurus species); Jack mackerel or horse mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus); Jacks and uluas (Caranx species, Carangoides species); Crevalles (Caranx species); Blue runner (Caranx crysos); Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata); Moonfishes (Vomer species); Lookdown (Selene vomer); Leatherback or lae (Scomberoides sanctipetri); BUT NOT INCLUDING: Leatherjacket (Oligoplites saurus). Jacksmelt See: Silversides

Jewfish See: Sea basses.

K

KelpSish See: Giant Kelpfish
Kingfish See: Drums, mackerels Ladyfish, or tenpounder (Elops saurus) Lafayette See: Drums

L

Lake Herring See: Trouts
Lance or Launce See: Sand lances
Largemouth bass See: Sunfishes
Lawyer See: Codfishes
Leatherback See: Jacks
Lingcod See: Greenlings
Lizardfishes (Family Synodontidae)
Lookdown See: Jacks

M

Mackerel See also: Jacks
Mackerels, Atka See: Greenlings

Mackerels and tunas (Family Scombridae), Including: Mackerels (Scomber species, Scomberomorus species, Auxis species); Spanish mackerels, cero, and sierra (Scomberomorus species); King mackerel or kingfish (Scomberomorus cavalla); Bonitos (Sarda species); Wahoo (Acanthocybius solanderi); tunas (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species); Skipjack tunas (Euthynnus or Katsuwonus species); Albacore (thunnus alalunga) But not including: Snake mackerels Mahimahi See: Dolphin fishes

Margate See: Grunts
Menhaden See: Herrings
Menpachii See: Squirrelfishes
Merluccio See: Hakes
Milkfish or awa (Chanos chanos)

Mojarras (Family Gerreidae) including: Mojarras (Eucinostomus species, Gerres species, Diapterus species) Monkeyface prickleback or eel (Cebidichthys violaceus)

Mooneye See: Goldeye Moonfsh See: Jacks
Mossbunker See: Herrings
Mouthbrooder See: Cichlids
Mullet See: Goatfishes
Mullets (Farnily Mugilidae) including: Mullets and amaamas (Mugil species);

Uouoa (Neomyxus chaptallii); Mountain mullets or dajaos (agonostomus species)
Muskellunge See: Pikes

Mutton hamlet See: Sea basses
Muttonfish See: Snappers
Needlefishes (Family Beslonidae) Needlefishes or marine gars (strongylura species, Tylosuru species) Opaleye See: Sea clubs

P

Palometa See: Jacks

Parrotfishs (Family Scaridae) including: Parrotfishes and uhus (Scarus species, Slparisoma species) Perch See also: Temperate basses, Drums, Cichlids, Surfperches, Scorpionfishes Perches (Family Percidae) including: Yellow perch (Perca flavescens); Walleye, pike perch, or yellow or blue pike (Stizostedion vitreum); Sauget (Stizostedion canadense)

Permit See: Jacks
Pickerel See: Pike
Pigfish See: Grunts Pike See also: Perches

Pikes (Family Esocidae) including; Pike (esox lucius); Pickerels (Esox species); Muskellunge (esox masquinongy) Pikeperch See: Perches

Pilchard See Herrings
Pinfish See: Porgies
Plaice See: Flounders
Pollock. See: Codfishes
Pomfret. See: Atlantic pomfret
Pompano See: Jack, Butterfishes

Porgies and sea breams (Family Sparidae). Including: Porgies (Calamus species, Diplodus species, Pagrus species); Scup (Stenotomus chrysops); Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides); Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) Porkfish See: Gruntts Poutassou See: Codfishes

Prickleback See: Monkeyface prickleback, Rockprickleback (non kosher).

Q

Queenfish See: Drums
Quillback See: Suckers

R

Rabalo See: Snooks

Ray's bream See: Atlantic pomfret
Red snapper See: Snappers Redfish See: Scorpionfishes, Wrasses
Roach See: Carps Rock bass See: Sunfishes
Rockhind See: Sea basses
Rockfish See: Scorpionfishes. Temperate basses
Rosefish See: Scorpionfishes
Rudderfish See: Sea chubs
Runner See: Jack

S

Sablefish or black cod (Anoplopoma fimbria)
Sailors choice See: Grunts Saithe See: Codfishes
Salmon See: Trouts
Sand lances, launces, or eels (Ammodytes species)
Sardine See: Herrings
Sargo See: Grunts
Sauger See: Perches
Scad See: Jacks
Scamp See: Sea basses
Schoolmaster See: Snappers

Scorpionfishes (family Scorpaenidae), Including: Scorpionfishes (Scorpaena species); California scorpionfish or sculpin (Scorpaena guttata); Nohus (Scorpaenopsis species); Redfish, rosefish, or ocean perch (Sebasters marinus); rockfishes (Sebasters species, Sebastodes species); Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); Chilipepper (Sebastes goodel); Bocaccio (Sebastes paucipinus); Shortspine thornyhead or channel rockfish (Sebastolobus alascanus)Scup See: Porgies

Sea bass See also: Temperate basses, drums, Sea basses (Family Serranidae) including: Black sea basses (Centropristis species); Groupers (Epinephelus species, and Mycteroperca species); Rockhind (Epinephelus adscensionis); Speckled hind (Epinephelus drummondhayi); Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus); Jewfish (Epinephelus itajara); Spotted cabrilla (Epinephelus analogus); Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis); Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax); Graysby (petrometopon cruentatum); Mutton hamlet (Alphestes afer) Sand bass, kelp bass, and spotted bass (Paralabrax species)

Sea bream See: Porgies
Sea chubs (Family Kyphosidae) including: Bermuda chug or rudderfish (Kyphosus sectatrix); Opaleye (Girella nigrican); Halfmoon (Medialuna californiensis) Seaperch See: Surfperches

Searobins (Family Triglidae); Searobins (Prionotus species)
Seatrout See: Drums, Greenlings, Steelhead
Shad See: Herrings
Sheepshead See: Porgies, Wrasses Sierra See: Mackerels

Silversides (Family Athernidae) including: Whitebait, spearing, or silversides (Menidia species); California grunion (Leurusthes tenuis); Jacksmelt (Atherinopsis californiensis); Topsmelt (Atherinops affinis) Sirajo goby See: Gobies

Skipjack See Mackerels
Sleeper See Gobies
Smallmouth bass See Sunfishes
Smelts (Family Osmeridae) including: Smelts (Osmerus species); Capelin (Malotus villosus); Eullachon (Thaleichthys pacificus)

Snapper blue See: Bluefish
Snappers (Family Lutjanidae) including: Snappers (Lutjanus species);
Schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus); Muttonfish or mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis); Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus); Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus); Kalikali (Pristipomoides sieboldi); Opakapaka (Pristipomoides microlepis); Onaga (Etelis carbunculus) Snooks (Family Centropomidae) including: Snooks orrabalos (Centropomus species) Sockeye salmon See: Trouts

Sole See also: Flounders
Soles (Family Soleidae), Including: Sole or true sole (solea solea); Lined sole (Achirus lineatus); Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus).
Spadefishes (Family Ephippidae). Including: Spadefishes (Chaetodipterus species)
Spanish mackerel See: Mackerels
Spearing See: Silversides
Splitttail See: Carps
Spot See: Drums
Sprat See: Herrings
Squawfish See: Carp
Squirrelfishes (Family Holocentridae), Including: Squirrelfishes (Holocentrus species); Menpachii (Myripristis species).
Steelhead See: Trouts
Striped bass See: Temperate basses

Suckers (Family Catostomidae). Including: Buffalo fishes (Ictiobus species); Suckers (Catostomus species, Moxostoma species); Quillbacks or carpsuckers (Carpiodes species)

Sunfishes (Family Centrarchidae). Including: Freshwater basses (Micropterus species); Largemouth bass (Microterus salmoides); Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui); Sunfishes (Lepomis species); Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus); Warmouth (Lepomis macrochirus); Rock bass or red eye (Ambloplites rupestris); Crappies or calico basses (Pomoxis species) Surfperches (Famly Embiotocidae). Including: Surfperches (Amphistichus species, Hyperprosopon species); Seaperches (Embiotoca species, Hypsurus species, Phanerodon species, Rhacochilus species); Blackperth (Embiotoca jacksoni); Pile perch (Rhacochilus vacca); Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata). Surgeonfishes (Family Acanthuridae). Including: Surgeonfishes and tangs (Acanthurus species, Zebrasoma species); Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirugus); Unicornfishes or kalas (Naso species).

T

Tang See: Surgeonfishes
Tarpon (Megalops atlantica)
Tautog See: Wrasses

Temperate basses (Family Percichthyidae). Including: Striped bass or rockfish (morone saxatillis); Yellow bass (Morone mississippiensis); White bass (Morojne chrysops); White perch (Morone americana); Giant California sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

Tench See: Carps
Tenpounder See Ladyfish
Threadfins (Family polynemidae) including: Blue bobo (Polydactylus approximans); Barbu (Polydactylus virginicus); Moi (Polydactylus sexfilis)

Tilapia See: Cichlids
Tilefishes (Family Branchiostegidae) including: tilefish (Logholatilus chamaeleonticeps) Ocean whitefish (Caulolatilus princeps)

Tomcod See: Codfishes
Tomtate See: Grunts
Tomsmelt See: Silversides

Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) Trouts and whitefishes (Family Salmonidae) including: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); Pacific salmons (Oncorhtnchus species); Coho or silver salmon; sockeye, blueback or red salmon; chinook, king or spring salmon; pink or humpback salmon; chum, dog or fall salmon, Trouts (Salmo species) Brown trout, rainbow trout or steelhead, cutthroat trout, golden trout, Chars (Salvelinus species); Lake trout, brook rout, Arctic char, Dolly Varden, Whitefishes and ciscos (coregonus species and Prosopium species); Cisco or lake herring (Corengonus artedii); chubs (coregonus species); graylings (thymallus Species)

Tuna See: Mackerels
Turbot See Flounder (some non kosher)

U

Unicornfish See: Surgeonfishes

W

Wahoo See: Mackerels
Walleye See: Perches
Walleye pollock See: Codfishes
Warmouth See: Sunfishes
Weakfishes See: Drums
WhiteFish See: Trouts, Tilefishes
Whiting See: Codfishes, Hakes, Drums

Wrasses (Family Labridae) including: Hogfishes and aawas (Bodianus species); Hogfish or capitaine (Lachnolaimus maximus); Tautog or blackfish (Tautoga onitis); California sheephead or redfish (Pimelometopon pulchrum); Cunner, chogset, or bergall (Tautogolabrus adspersus)

Y

Yellowtail See: Jacks
Yellowtail snapper See Snappers

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Angler See: Goosefishes
Beluga See: Sturgeons
Billfishes (Family Istiophoridae). Including fishes (Istiophorus species); Marlins and speishes (Tetrapterus species, Makaira species).
BlowEish See: Puffers
Bullhead See: Catfishes
Cabezon See: Sculpins
Catfishes (Order Siluriformes). Including: Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus);
Cutlassfishes (Family Trichiuridae) including: Cutlassfishes (Trichiurus species) Scabbardfishes (Lepidopus species)
Dogfish See: Bowfin, Sharks Eels (Order Anguilliforms). Including American and European eel (Anguilia rostrata and Anguila anguila) ; Conger eel (Conger oceanic us) . Gars (Order Semionotiformes). Freshwater gars (Lepisosteus species).
Goosefishes or anglers (Lophius species)
Grayfish See: Sharks
Lampreys (Family Petromyzontidae)
Leatherjacket See: Jacks (Oligoplites saurus)
Lomosuckers (Family Cyclopteridae). Including: Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); Snailfishes (Liparis species).
Marlin See: Billfishes
Midshipman See: Toadfishes
Ocean pout or eelpout (Macrozoarces americanus)
Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) Puffers (Family Tetraodontidae).
Paddlefish See: Sturgeons
Pout See: Ocean pout
Puffers, blowfishes, swellfishes, sea squab (Sphoeroides species)
Ratfish See: Sharks
Ray See: Sharks
Rock prickleback or rockeel (Xiphister mucosus)
Sailfish See: Billfishes
Sculpins (Family Cottidae). Including: Sculpins (Myoxocephalus species, Cottus species, Leptocottus species, etc.).
Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); Searaven (Hemitripterus americanus)
Searaven See: Sculpins Sea squab See: Puffers
Sharks, rays and their relatives (Class Chondrichthyes). Including Grayfishes or dogfishes (Mustelus species, Squalus species); Soupfin shark (Galeorhinus zyopterus); Sawfishes (Pristis species); Skates (Raja species); Chimaeras or ratfishes (Order Chimaeriformes).
Skates See: Sharks
Snake mackerels (Gempylus species)
Spoonbill cat See: Sturgeons
Sturgeons (Order Acipenseriformes). Including: Sturgeons (Acipensen species, Scaphirhynchus species); Beluga (huso uso); Paddrefish or spoonbill cat (Polyodon spathula)
Swordfish (Xiphias gladies)
Toadfishes (Family Batrachoididae). Including: Toadfishes (Opsanus species); Midshipment (Porichthys species).
Tiggerfishes and firefishes (Family Balistidae). Triggerfishes (Balistes species, Canthidermis species)
Trunkfishes (Family Ostraciidad). Trunkfishes and cowfishes (Lactophrys species). WolEshes (Family Anarhichadidae). Including: Wolffishes or ocean. catfishes (Anarhichas species)