I created this list from various sources to help people to identify their favorite fish and enjoy the fish that get from various parts of this world. Language should not stop you from tasting your favorite poisson.
I am compiling this list from various sources. Please feel free to let me know any changes/corrections needed. I am trying my best to source the names in native French language. Please help me with the names in the comment section if possible.
| English | français |
|---|---|
| Anchovies / Anchovy | Anchois |
| Barracuda | Brochet de la mer |
| Barramundi | |
| Black Bream | Dorade gris |
| Black Scabbard fish | Sabre |
| Blue Ling | Lingue bleue |
| Bluefin Travelly | |
| Bombay Duck / Bummalo | |
| Bream / Gilthead | Dorade or Dorade royale |
| Brill | Barbue |
| Butterfish / Murrel | |
| Catfish | |
| Catshark / Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Roussette, Emissole |
| Catla (Bengal carp) | |
| Clams | |
| Cockle | Coque commun |
| Cod | Cabillaud, Morue |
| Coley / Saithe | Lieu, Charbonnier |
| Convict surgeonfish | |
| Crab | Crabe, Etrille |
| Cray fish | Langoustine, écrevisse |
| Cuttle fish | Inktvis, Zeekat, Seich |
| Dart | |
| Dab | Limande |
| Dog Fish / Rock Salmon / Flake / Spurdog | Aiguillat |
| Dolphin Fish / Dorado / Mahi Mahi | Coryphene commune |
| Dover sole | Sole commune |
| Eel | Anguille |
| Emperor (Mula) | |
| Fin bream (Threadfin bream) Pink perch |
|
| Finned Bulleye | |
| Flying fish | |
| Flounder | Flet |
| Garfish | |
| Goat Fish / Red mullet | Rouget-barbet dore |
| Greas carp fish (Carp) | |
| Greater forkbeard | Mostelle (de roche) |
| Greater silver smelt / Argentine | Argentine |
| Grey mullet | Muge, Mulet |
| Grouper / Reef cod | Merou |
| Grunter | |
| Haddock | Eglefin |
| Halibut | Fletan |
| Hake | Merlu, Merluche |
| Halibut (Atlantic) | Fletan |
| Halibut (Greenland) | Fletan noir, Halibut noir |
| Halibut (Pacific) | Fletan du Pacifique |
| Herring Giant / Sild | Hareng |
| Hilsa Fish/Ilish/ Hilsa Herring/ Hilsa Shad/ Palla Fish/ Hilsha/ Ellis |
|
| Hoki | Grenadier bleu de N.Zel |
| Horse Mackeral / Scad | Chinchard |
| Indian Goat fish | |
| Indian Shad (Hilsa) | |
| Jewfish | |
| John Dory | St. Pierre |
| Katla, Catla, Bengal Carp | |
| King fish/Indo-Pacific king mackerel | |
| Lady Fish | |
| Leather skin fish | |
| Lemon sole | Limande - sole commune |
| Ling | Lingue |
| Little tunny | |
| Lizard fish | |
| Lobster | Homard |
| Long rough dab | Faux fletan, Balai |
| Lumpfish | Lompe, mollet |
| Mackerel | Maquereau |
| Mackerel Horse | |
| Malabar Anchovy | |
| Malabar Trevally | |
| Mango Fish | |
| Mangrove jack Mangrove red snapper |
|
| Marine cat fish | |
| Megrim | Calimande, Limandelle |
| Milk fish / White mullet) | |
| Monk fish / Anglerfish | Lotte, Crapaud, Baudroie |
| Moon fish | |
| Mrigal / White carp | |
| Mullet (Red Mullet) | |
| Mullet Marine | |
| Murrel (Snakehead fish) | |
| Mussels | Moule |
| Octopus | Encornet, Poulpe |
| Orange roughy | Hoplostete orange |
| Oyster | Huître |
| Parrot fish | |
| Pearl spot | |
| Perch | |
| Pike | Brochet, Brocheton |
| Plaice | Plie |
| Pollock | Lieu Jaune, Lieu Noir, Lieu de L'Alaska |
| Pomfret | |
| Pouting, Bib | Tacaud |
| Prawn - Large | Gamba, Crevette grosse / royale |
| Rabbit fish | Chimere |
| Rainbow trout | Truite arc-en-ciel |
| Red Bream | Dorade commune |
| Red Snapper | |
| Redfish | Sebaste |
| Ribbon fish / Belt fish / Hair Tail | |
| Rohu (Carpo fish) | |
| Roundnose grenadier | Grenadier de roche |
| Sailfish | |
| Sandeel | Lancons |
| Scallops | Coquilles St. Jacques |
| Solmon | Saumon |
| Sardines | Pilchard |
| Saw Fish / Gur | |
| Sea Bream | Daurade |
| Sea trout / Brown trout | Truite |
| Seabass | Bar, Abadèche rouge, Perche de la mer, Bar Commun, lopu de mer |
| Seer fish | |
| Shark | Taupe |
| Shellfish | Crustacés |
| Shrimp | Crevettes |
| Silver Bar fish | |
| Silver Belly / Pony fish | |
| Silver Biddy | |
| Silver Moony / Finger fish / Silver bat fish |
|
| Skate | Raies |
| Snake Mackerel / Escolar | Escolier, Escolar |
| Snapper | Lutjan |
| Sole Fish / Tongue sole | |
| Spade fish | |
| Sprat | Amelette |
| Squid | Calamars |
| Sturgeon (Baltic) | Esturgeon |
| Sturgeon (Beluga) | Beluga, grand esturgeon |
| Sturgeon (Stellate or Sevruga) | Esturgeon etoile, Sevruga |
| Sword Fish | Espadon |
| Tiger Prawn | Crevette tigree |
| Tilapia | |
| Tuna (Albacore) | Germon |
| Tuna (Northern Blue fin) | Thon rouge |
| Tuna (Southern Blue fin) | Thon rouge du sud |
| Tuna | Thon |
| Turbot / Indian spiny turbot | Turbot |
| Whip-tail sting ray/ Ray fish | |
| White fish (False Travelly) | |
| Whiting / Lady fish | Merlan |
| Witch or Torbay sole | Plie cynoglosse |
| Wolfish | Loup de mer |
| Yellow fin Tuna | Albacore |