List of fish used for fish maw

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 name	Region	Refs
Anguilla marmorata	Anguillidae	giant mottled eel	Indo-Pacific	[1]
Arius thalassinus	Ariidae	giant catfish	Indo-Pacific	[3]
Aspistor quadriscutis	Ariidae	Bressou sea catfish, cangatá	Atlantic, west	[4]
Bagre bagre	Ariidae	coco sea catfish, bandeirado	Atlantic, west	[4]
Bahaba taipingensis	Sciaenidae	giant yellow croaker, Chinese bahaba	China Seas	[5][6]
Boesemania microlepis	Sciaenidae	Boesman croaker; maw: Spider maw	Southeast Asia	[1][5]
Conger cinereus	Congridae	longfin African conger	Indo-Pacific	[7]
Congresox talabonoides	Muraenesocidae	Indian pike conger	Indo-Pacific	[7]
Cynoscion acoupa	Sciaenidae	acoupa weakfish, pescada amarela	Atlantic, west	[1][5][4]
Cynoscion microlepidotus [es]	Sciaenidae	smallscale weakfish, corvina	Atlantic, west	[4]
Cynoscion othonopterus [de]	Sciaenidae	Gulf corvina	Gulf of California	[2]
Cynoscion virescens [es]	Sciaenidae	green weakfish, corvina	Atlantic, west	[4]
Daysciaena albida	Sciaenidae	Bengal corvina	Indian Ocean	[7]
Diodon liturosus	Diodontidae	Black-blotched porcupinefish	Indo-Pacific	[1]
Eleutheronema tetradactylum	Polynemidae	Indian salmon, fourfinger redfin	Indo-Pacific	[7][8][9]
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Xenocyprididae	bighead carp	Pacific, east	[3]
Johnius coitor [es]	Sciaenidae	datina koral	Indo-Pacific	[8][9]
Johnius macropterus [es]	Sciaenidae	gulamah	Indo-Pacific	[10]
Larimichthys crocea	Sciaenidae	large yellow croaker	Pacific, west	[1]
Lates calcarifer	Latidae	barramundi	Indo-Pacific	[1][3]
Lates niloticus	Latidae	Nile perch	Afrotropical realm	[2]
Leptomelanosoma indicum	Polynemidae	Indian threadfin	Indo-Pacific	[1]
Macrodon ancylodon [es]	Sciaenidae	king weakfish, pescada gó	Atlantic, west	[4]
Muraenesox bagio	Muraenesocidae	pike eel	Indo-Pacific	[1][8][9]
Muraenesox cinereus	Muraenesocidae	conger pike (海鰻)	Indo-Pacific	[1][3][11]
Notarius grandicassis	Ariidae	Thomas sea catfish, cambéua	Atlantic, west	[4]
Otolithes spp.	Sciaenidae	croakers	Indo-Pacific	[3]
Otolithoides biauritus [es]	Sciaenidae	bronze croaker	Indo-Pacific	[7]
Nibea soldado	Sciaenidae	soldier croaker	Indo-Pacific	[7]
Nibea squamosa [es]	Sciaenidae	scaly croaker	Pacific, west	[12]
Pangasius hypophthalmus	Pangasiidae	pangasius, iridescent shark catfish	South Asia, Southeast Asia	[8][13]
Plagioscion ternetzi [es]	Sciaenidae	freshwater croaker	Río de la Plata	[1]
Pomadasys argenteus	Haemulidae	silver grunt	Indo-Pacific	[8][9]
Priacanthus tayenus	Priacanthidae	bigeye snapper	Indo-Pacific	[3]
Protonibea diacanthus	Sciaenidae	black spotted croaker, brown croaker	Indo-Pacific	[1][3][2]
Pseudotolithus senegalensis	Sciaenidae	cassava croaker	Atlantic, east	[1]
Sciades couma	Ariidae	couma sea catfish	Atlantic, west	[2]
Sciades parkeri	Ariidae	gillbacker sea catfish; gurijuba	Atlantic, west	[5][2]
Sciades proops	Ariidae	crucifix sea catfish	Atlantic, 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]