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Is Scorpionfish kosher?

Yes — Scorpionfish is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Scorpionfish has fins and scales, which are the two requirements for kosher fish under Jewish dietary law (Leviticus 11:9-12).

Scorpionfish

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Also known as
Bocaccio, California Scorpionfish, California scorpionfish, Channel Rockfish, Chilipepper, Nohus, Ocean Perch, Pacific Ocean Perch, Pacific ocean perch, Redfish, Rockfish, Rosefish, Scorpionfishes, Sculpin, Shortspine Thornyhead, Shortspine thornyhead, Wrass, rockfishes, rosefish, sculpin
Kosher status
Kosher

About Scorpionfish

Family Scorpaenidae. Including: Scorpionfishes (Scorpaena species); California scorpionfish or sculpin (Scorpaena guttata); Nohus (Scorpaenopsis species); Redfish, rosefish, or ocean perch (Sebasters marinus); rockfishes (Sebasters species, Sebastodes species); Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); Chilipepper (Sebastes goodel); Bocaccio (Sebastes paucipinus); Shortspine thornyhead or channel rockfish (Sebastolobus alascanus)

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv

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