List of fish used for fish maw

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Fish maw is sourced from various types of fish. It is largely consumed in China, where Sciaenidae (croakers/drums) tend to command the highest price per pound. While virtually any teleost fish has an edible swim bladder, certain fish species have been specifically targeted for their perceived high-quality fish maw. [1] [2]

Species Family Common nameRegionRefs
Anguilla marmorata Anguillidae giant mottled eelIndo-Pacific [1]
Arius thalassinus Ariidae giant catfishIndo-Pacific [3]
Aspistor quadriscutis Ariidae Bressou sea catfish, cangatáAtlantic, west [4]
Bagre bagre Ariidae coco sea catfish, bandeiradoAtlantic, west [4]
Bahaba taipingensis Sciaenidae giant yellow croaker, Chinese bahaba China Seas [5] [6]
Boesemania microlepis Sciaenidae Boesman croaker; maw: Spider mawSoutheast Asia [1] [5]
Conger cinereus Congridae longfin African congerIndo-Pacific [7]
Congresox talabonoides Muraenesocidae Indian pike congerIndo-Pacific [7]
Cynoscion acoupa Sciaenidae acoupa weakfish, pescada amarelaAtlantic, west [1] [5] [4]
Cynoscion microlepidotus  [ es ] Sciaenidae smallscale weakfish, corvinaAtlantic, west [4]
Cynoscion othonopterus  [ de ] Sciaenidae Gulf corvina Gulf of California [2]
Cynoscion virescens  [ es ] Sciaenidae green weakfish, corvinaAtlantic, west [4]
Daysciaena albida Sciaenidae Bengal corvinaIndian Ocean [7]
Diodon liturosus Diodontidae Black-blotched porcupinefishIndo-Pacific [1]
Eleutheronema tetradactylum Polynemidae Indian salmon, fourfinger redfinIndo-Pacific [7] [8] [9]
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis Xenocyprididae bighead carpPacific, east [3]
Johnius coitor  [ es ] Sciaenidae datina koralIndo-Pacific [8] [9]
Johnius macropterus  [ es ] Sciaenidae gulamahIndo-Pacific [10]
Larimichthys crocea Sciaenidae large yellow croakerPacific, west [1]
Lates calcarifer Latidae barramundiIndo-Pacific [1] [3]
Lates niloticus Latidae Nile perch Afrotropical realm [2]
Leptomelanosoma indicum Polynemidae Indian threadfinIndo-Pacific [1]
Macrodon ancylodon  [ es ] Sciaenidae king weakfish, pescada góAtlantic, west [4]
Muraenesox bagio Muraenesocidae pike eelIndo-Pacific [1] [8] [9]
Muraenesox cinereus Muraenesocidae conger pike (海鰻)Indo-Pacific [1] [3] [11]
Notarius grandicassis Ariidae Thomas sea catfish, cambéuaAtlantic, west [4]
Otolithes spp. Sciaenidae croakersIndo-Pacific [3]
Otolithoides biauritus  [ es ] Sciaenidae bronze croakerIndo-Pacific [7]
Nibea soldado Sciaenidae soldier croakerIndo-Pacific [7]
Nibea squamosa  [ es ] Sciaenidae scaly croakerPacific, west [12]
Pangasius hypophthalmus Pangasiidae pangasius, iridescent shark catfishSouth Asia, Southeast Asia [8] [13]
Plagioscion ternetzi  [ es ] Sciaenidae freshwater croaker Río de la Plata [1]
Pomadasys argenteus Haemulidae silver gruntIndo-Pacific [8] [9]
Priacanthus tayenus Priacanthidae bigeye snapperIndo-Pacific [3]
Protonibea diacanthus Sciaenidae black spotted croaker, brown croakerIndo-Pacific [1] [3] [2]
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Sciaenidae cassava croakerAtlantic, east [1]
Sciades couma Ariidae couma sea catfishAtlantic, west [2]
Sciades parkeri Ariidae gillbacker sea catfish; gurijubaAtlantic, west [5] [2]
Sciades proops Ariidae crucifix sea catfishAtlantic, west [2] [4]
Totoaba macdonaldi Sciaenidae totoaba (加利福尼亚石首鱼, transl. California croaker); maw: San Francisco maw, large whiskered jinqian (lit. 'money fish') Gulf of California [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Seah, Ying Giat; Wainwright, Benjamin J. (2025). "An Assessment of the Fish Maw Trade in Singapore and Malaysia Reveals Threatened Species and Highlights the Need for a More Complete Assessment of the Conservation Status of the World's Fishes". Conservation Letters. 18 (3) e13115. doi:10.1111/conl.13115. ISSN   1755-263X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ben-Hasan, Abdulrahman; Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne; Cisneros-Mata, Miguel A.; Jimenez, Érica Antunes; Daliri, Moslem; Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M.; Nair, Rekha J.; Thankappan, Sangeetha A.; Walters, Carl J.; Christensen, Villy (October 2021). "China's fish maw demand and its implications for fisheries in source countries". Marine Policy. 132 104696. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104696.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Choo, Kerri; Choki, Dechen; Howieson, Janet (2016), "Barramundi Swim Bladders: Optimisation of Appendix 12: Sanitising, Cleaning And Drying Of Air Bladders For Human Consumption" (PDF), New Opportunities for Seafood Processing Waste, Australia: Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jimenez, Érica Antunes; Leitão Barboza, Roberta Sá; da Silva Garcia, Jamile; Cristina da Silva Correa, Ellen; Amaral, Marilu Teixeira; Frédou, Flávia Lucena (October 15, 2021). "International trade of Amazon fish byproducts: Threats and opportunities for coastal livelihoods". Ocean & Coastal Management. 212 105812. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105812. ISSN   0964-5691.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Hui, Lulu Ning; Reed, Sarita (2022-01-20), 'Gold in the sea': Brazil's booming fish bladder trade, Al Jazeera
  6. 1 2 COLLATERAL DAMAGE: How illegal trade in totoaba swim bladders is driving the vaquita to extinction (PDF), London: Environmental Investigation Agency, September 2016
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akhilesh, K.V.; Nakhawa, A.D.; Bhendekar, S.N.; Chellappan, Anulekshmi; Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe; Zacharia, P.U. (2022-07-12). "Fish swim-bladder trade in India". Marine Fisheries Information Service. Technical and Extension Series (251). India: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute: 29–32. ISSN   0254-380X.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Das, Suji Krishna (March 2025), "Utilisation and Processing of Fish By-Products in Bangladesh: Valuable Treasures, Not Trash" (PDF), INFOFISH International, Malaysia: INFOFISH, pp. 54–58
  9. 1 2 3 4 Illius, Shamsuddin (2020-01-26), Fish maw no longer worthless!, Bangladesh: TBS News
  10. ↑ Zulham, A; Hikmah, H; Shafitri, N (November 1, 2019). "Fisheries in Merauke: linking fishermen to markets". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 348 (1) 012051. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/348/1/012051. ISSN   1755-1307.
  11. ↑ Newman, Jacqueline M. (2004), "Fish Maw", Flavors & Fortune, vol. 3, no. 11, South Setauket, New York: Institute for the Advancement of the Science and Art of Chinese Cuisine, pp. 25–27
  12. ↑ Chandler, Jo (October 10, 2024). "'Cocaine of the seas' — how a luxury food is wreaking ecological mayhem". Nature. 634 (8033): 284–286. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03259-8. ISSN   0028-0836.
  13. ↑ China spends 21 million USD importing Vietnam's pangasius fish maws, Vietnam News Agency, 2024-02-10 – via Vietnam+
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