Table 2 Overview of medically important fish species, indicating the different eras in which they have been used
From: Fish-based remedies in Spanish ethnomedicine: a review from a historical perspective
Fish species | Vernacular name(s) | Historical periods | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ancient | Medieval | Modern | Contemporary | ||
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 | Esturión, sollo | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | Anguila, anguilla | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) | Corvina, curvina, corbina | ✓ | |||
Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Japuta | ✓ | |||
Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758 | Arenque | ✓ | |||
Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Julis | ✓ | |||
Crystallogobius linearis (Düben, 1845) | Gobio | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 | Carpa | ✓ | |||
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pastinaca, pastinaca marina | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Dicologoglossa cuneata (Moreau, 1881) | AcedÃa | ✓ | |||
Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Noriega | ✓ | |||
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Anchoa | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 | Bacalao | ✓ | |||
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Galeos | ✓ | |||
Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Rata, puerco marino | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758); H. guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 | Caballito de mar, caballo marino, echenas, hippocampo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 | Rana marina, rana | ✓ | |||
Luciobarbus sclateri (Günther, 1868) | Barbo | ✓ | |||
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Merlancio, asellus, asselus, borriquito, asno, bacchus | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Merluza | ✓ | |||
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Mújol | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758; M. surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 | Salmonete, mullus, mulus, mulo | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758 | Morena, murena | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ophidion | ✓ | |||
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Coracino | ✓ | |||
Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) | Porquet, peix porquet, peix porc | ✓ | |||
Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Erythinus | ✓ | |||
Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 | Perca | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758; R. microocellata (Montagu, 1818); R. miraletus Linnaeus, 1758; Leucoraja naevus (Müller & Henle, 1841) | Raya | ✓ | |||
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) | Rémora, odynolites | ✓ | |||
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 | Trucha | ✓ | |||
Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) | Sarda | ✓ | |||
Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) | Sardina | ✓ | |||
Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 | Corvallo | ✓ | |||
Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Rodaballo | ✓ | |||
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 | Escorpión marino, escorpión marino rojo | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabracho | ✓ | |||
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lija, perro de mar | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Silurus glanis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Siluro, ankala | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lenguado | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) | Escaro | ✓ | |||
Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 | Dorada | ✓ | |||
Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) | Mena | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | Picarel, smarido, caramel | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 | Mielga | ✓ | |||
Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840; S. squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pez angel, angelote | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Atún, cybium (tuna under one year), pelamydes, pelamys (tuna than one year) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Torpedo marmorata Risso, 1810; Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) | Tembladera, torpedo, pez torpedo, trimilga | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Trachinus draco Linnaeus, 1758 | Araña, araña de mar, dragón marino | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Trachinus radiatus Cuvier, 1829 | Escorpión, escorpión de mar | ✓ | |||
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Jurel | ✓ | |||
Trigla lyra Linnaeus, 1758 | Trigla, triga | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Trigloporus lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Rubio, al-santara | ✓ | |||
Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 | Pez rata | ✓ | |||