kosher fish
Finned, scaled seafood
Kosher fish are fish that meet Jewish dietary law requirements: they must have both fins and scales.
This excludes shellfish, catfish, eels, and sharks.
The designation matters for observant Jews following kashrut.
Is salmon kosher?
Tuna is a kosher fish, but shrimp is not.
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- smoked salmonCured, preserved fish fillet
- tilapiaFarmed freshwater food fish
- carpWhine about trivialities
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
fins · gefilte · herring · whitefish · trout · halibut · cod · mackerel · tuna · pike · sea bass · shabbat · Friday night · pareve · dietary · rabbi · clean · permitted
aquatic creature type
kosher fishcrustaceans
Exoskeleton-bearing aquatic arthropods
mollusks · cephalopods · bottom feeders · sea mammals · jellyfish
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