NAMES OF COMMERCIAL MARINE FISH SPECIES IN THE AZORES
COMPILED BY HELEN ROST MARTINS, DOP/UA 1987.
| Azorean: | Scientific: | English: |
| Abrótea | Phycis phycis, P.blennoides | ForkLeards, Hake (Am.) |
| Abrótea do alto, Melga | Mora moro | Common mora |
| Albatar | Hexanchus, griseus | Bluntnose six-gill shark |
| Anchova | Pomatomus saltator | Bluefish |
| Arregalado, Imperador, Alfoncim | Beryx splendens, B. decadactylus | Alfonsino |
| Atum (Ver: Galha-à-ré, Patudo, Rabilo, Voador) | Thunnus spp. | Tuna |
| Badejo | Mycteroperca rubra | Red grouper |
| Bagre, Cântaro | Pontinus kuhlii | None (Scorpionfish, fam.) |
| Besugo | Pagellus acarne | Axillary sea bream |
| Bico doce | Heptranchias perlo | Sharpnose seven-gill |
| Bicuda | Sphyraena sphyraena | Barracuda |
| Biqueirão | Engraulis encrasicholus | European anchovy |
| Boca Negra, Cantarino | Helicolenus dactylopterus | Blue-mouth, Black bellied redfish(Can.) or rosefish(Am.) |
| Bodião | Labridae (fam.) | Wrasses |
| Boga | Boops boops | Bogue |
| Bonito | Katsuwonus pelamis | SkipJack tuna |
| Cabra | Triglidae (fam.) | Gurnards, Sea-robins (Am.) |
| Cação | Galeorhinus galeus | Tope shark |
| Cântaro, Bagre | Pontinus kuhlii | None (Scorpionfish, fam.) |
| Carapau, Peixão, Goraz juv. | Pagellus bogaraveojuv. | Blackspot sea bream juv. |
| Castanheta | Chromis chromis | Damsel fish |
| Cavala | Scomber japonicus | Chub mackerel, Spanish mackerel |
| Cherne | Polyprion _americanus | Wreck fish |
| Chicharro | Trachurus picturatus | Oceanic horse mackerel, Blue scad, Blue jack mackerel |
| Choupa | Spondyliosoma cantharus | Black sea bream |
| Congro, Safio | Conger conger | Conger |
| Corvina, Viúva | Argyrosomus regius | Meagre |
| Dourado, Cadete | Coryphaena hippurus | Dolphin fish |
| Eiró | Anguilla anguilla | Common eel |
| Encharéu | Pseudocaranx dentex | Guelly jack |
| Escolar | Ruvettus pretiosus | Escolar |
| Espadarte | Xiphias gladius | Swordfish |
| Espadilha | Sprattus sprattus | Sprat |
| Espadim, azul | Makaira nigricans | Blue marlin |
| Galha-à-ré | Thunnus albacares | Yellowfin tuna |
| Garoupa | Serranus spp. | Combers |
| Gata, Lixa | Dalathias licha | Kitefin shark |
| Goraz, Peixão, Carapau | Pagellus bogaraveo | Blackspot sea bream |
| Irio, Lírio | Seriola sp. | AmberJack |
| Juliana | Pollachius pollachius | Pollack |
| Marracho | Lamna nasus | Porboagle |
| Melga, Abrótea do alto | Mora moro | Common mora |
| Mero | Epinephelus guaza | Dusky grouper |
| Moreia | Muraena helena | Mediterranean moray |
| Moreão | Gymnothorax unicolor | Brown moray |
| Pargo | Sparus pagrus | Common seabream |
| Patudo | Thunnus obesus | Bigeye tuna |
| Peixão, Carapau, Goraz juv. | Pagellus bogaraveo Belone belone | Blackspot sea bréam |
| Peixe Agulha | Belone belone | Garfish |
| Peixe Cao, Viola, Gaio | Bodianus speciosus | Blackbar hogfish |
| Peixe Espada | Lepidopus caudatus | Silver scabbard-fish |
| Peixe Galo | Zeus faber | John Dory |
| Peixe Porco | Balistes carolinensis | Groy trigger fish |
| Peixe Rei, Lambaz, Torcida, Verdugo | Coris julis | Rainhow wrasse |
| Pescada | Merluccius merluccius | European hake |
| Prombeta | Trachynotus ovatus | Pompano |
| Rabilo, Rabão | Thunnus thynnus | Atlantic bluefin tuna |
| Raia | Rajidae (fam.) | Rays |
| Rainha | Thalassoma pavo | Peacock wrasse |
| Rinquím | Isurus oxyrinchus | Shorttfin mako |
| Rocaz | Scorpaena scrofa | Red scorpionfish |
| Safio, Congro | Conger conger | Conger |
| Salema | Sarpa salpa | Salema |
| Salmonete | Mullus spp | Red mullets |
| Sardinha | Sardina pichardus | European pilchard |
| Sargo | Diplodus sargus | White sea bream |
| Serra | Sarda sarda | Atlantic bonito |
| Solha | Bothus poda | Wide-eyed flounder |
| Tainha, Muja | Mugilidae (fam.) | Grey mullets |
| Tamboril | Lophius piscatorius | Anglerfish |
| Tintureira | Prionace glauca | Blue shark |
| Veja | Sparisoma cretense | Parrotfish |
| Voador | Thunnus alalunga | Albacore, Longfin tuna |