This chart divides fish and shellfish into groups by texture and flavor, and will help you find substitute species that can be interchanged in recipes. |
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Mild Flavor |
Moderate Flavor |
Full Flavor |
Delicate Texture |
Cod Crabmeat Flounder Haddock Pollock Scallops Skate Sole |
Black Cod Butterfish Lake Perch Lingcod Whitefish Whiting |
Bluefish Mussels Oysters |
Moderate Texture |
Crawfish Lobster Rockfish Sheepshead Shrimp Tilapia Walleye Pike Orange Roughy |
Canned Tuna Conch Mullet Ocean Perch Shad Smelt Surimi Trout |
Canned Salmon Canned Sardines Mackerel Smoked Fish |
Firm Texture |
Catfish Grouper Halibut Monkfish Sea Bass Snapper Squid Tautog Tilefish |
Amberjack Drum Mahi-Mahi Octopus Pompano Shark Sturgeon |
Clams Marlin Salmon Swordfish Tuna |