finfish

or fin fish

[ fin-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) fin·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) fin·fish·es.

1. a true fish, as distinguished from a shellfish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of finfish¹

First recorded in 1685–95; fin ¹ + fish

Example Sentences

The result: one in five finfish, and one in five shellfish, were not as advertised.

From Salon

Purchase whole, head-on finfish whenever possible, as they are harder to mislabel.

From Salon

To investigate this issue in Canada, our recent research paper examined mislabelling and ambiguous market names in invertebrate and finfish products — fish with fins, like cod, salmon and tuna — in Calgary between 2014 and 2020.

From Salon

University students sampled 347 finfish product and 109 shellfish — including shrimp, octopus and oysters — from Calgary restaurants and grocery stores.

From Salon

This was the first study of its kind in Canada to compare shellfish to finfish.

From Salon