If you click on the Japanese name of the seafood you should be directed to a link with a photo.
Aji- 鰺 Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
Anago - 穴子 conger eels (Conger myriaster)
Aori ika - 障泥烏賊 big fin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
Awabi- 鮑 abalone (Haliotis (Nordotis) discus discus)
Bai - 貝 Japanese ivory shell (Balylonia japonica)
Chidai- 血鯛 crimson sea bream (Evynnis japonica)
Haze - 真鯊 spiny goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
Honmaguro - 本鮪 bluefin tuna (Thunus thynnus)
* also called kuromaguro
Houki hata - 箒羽太 comet grouper (Epinephelus morrhua)
Hotate - 帆立貝 scallops (Patinopecten yessoensis)
Hoya - ほや sea squirt(Halocynthia roretzi)
Isaki - 伊佐幾 chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum)
Ishidai - 石鯛 barred knifejaw (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
Iwashi- 鰯 spotline sardine (Sardinops melanostictus)
Jindou ika - 神頭烏賊 Japanese dwarf squid (Loliolus (Nipponololig) japonica)
Karei – 鰈 littlemouth flounder (Pleuronectes yokohamae)
Katsuo- 鰹 skipjack tuna or oceanic bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis)
Kensaki ika - 剣先烏賊 swordtip squid (Loligo edulis)
Kibinago- 黍魚子banded blue sprat (Spratelloides gracilis)
Kisu - 鱚 Japanese whiting (Sillago japonica)
*or shirogisu
Korodai - 胡廬鯛 painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)
Kurozako ebi - 黒雑魚海老 kuro shrimp (Argis lar)
Madai or tai - 真鯛 seabream (Pagurus major)
Mebaru - 目張 black rockfish (Sebastes inermis)
Mugi ika - 麦いか young and small surumeika in spring (Todarodes pacificus)
Nishin- 鰊Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
Ooasari - 蜊蝦夷忘 Japanese littleneck clam (Callista berevisiphonata)
Saragai - 皿貝 Northern great tellin (Megangulus venulosa)
Sawara - 鰆 Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
Sazae - サザエ turban wreath shell (Turbo cornutus)
Shima ebi – 島海老 pandalid shrimp (Pandalopsis japonica)
Shima isaki - 縞鶏魚 sharpnose tigerfish (Rhyncopelate Oxyhynchus)
Shira ebi - 白海老 glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
Shiro ika - 白いか swordtip squid (Loligo (Photololigo) edulis)
* or kensaki ika
Tako - 蛸 common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
Tobiuo - 飛魚 Japanese flying fish (Cypselurus agoo agoo)
Torigai - 鳥貝 heart clam (Fulvia mutica)
Yamame - ヤマメ cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou maso)
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