Seafood

True/False: Seafood is classified in 3 groups.

• True

• False

Fish with shells instead of backbones.

• Shellfish

• Finfish

• Lean fish

• Crustacean

Fish that have very little fat in their flesh.

• Fat fish

• Finfish

• Mollusk

• Lean fish

Fish that have a high level of fat in their flesh.

• Fat fish

• Fish fillet

• Shellfish

• Finfish

A shellfish with a segmented body that is covered by a crustlike shell.

• Finfish

• Mollusk

• Crustacean

• Fish fillet

A shellfish that has a soft body that is fully or partially covered by a crustlike shell.

• Finfish

• Mollusk

• Shellfish

• Fat fish

Fish that have fins and backbones

• Finfish

• Fish fillet

• Shellfish

• Crustacean

Good quality finfish will have...

• No smell

• Red gills

• Bulging eyes

• All of these

An example of shellfish

• Swordfish

• Tuna

• Lobster

• Tilapia

Fish that comes from cross-section slices of a dressed fish

• Sticks

• Steaks

• Fillets

• Whole