Fish & Shellfish
Blind cave fish - Father Fogden finds a blind cave fish in his spring which he gives to Lawrence Stern (V, chapter 50)
Bonita - The purser on board the Porpoise suggests they feed fish to the sick crewman, saying they often encounter substantial schools of bonita as they approach the Caribbean (V, chapter 46) The purser is slightly confused as the fish is actually called bonito, not bonita. Bonito is another name for skipjack tuna
Carp - there are ponds filled with carp at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre (Outlander, chapter 40)
Crabs - the seals living in Coigach hunt crabs (V, chapter 33) while onboard the Artemis, Jamie and Claire see tiny crabs living in enormous islands of floating seaweed (V, chapter 42) Claire disturbs tiny purple crabs when she comes ashore on the island of Hispaniola after escaping from the Porpoise (V, chapter 50)
Eels - Maisri the Seer has a vision of Lachlan Gibbons wrapped in seaweed with eels stirring beneath his shirt (DIA, chapter 41) Roger says he's caught eels many a time in Loch Ness (V, chapter 17)
Flounder - Claire notes that the carp ponds at the Abbey of Ste Anne de Beaupre allow the monks to eat fish on Fridays when the weather is too bad to go fishing for herring, haddock or flounder (Outlander, chapter 40)
Four-eyed fish - Claire sees some strange four-eyed fish which can live out of water when she finds herself caught in the mangrove thicket on the island of Hispaniola (V, chapter 50) These sound like the species Anableps anableps. They don't actually have four eyes, rather each eye is divided into two parts - one part looks below the water and the other part above
Haddock - Frank tells Claire that in Highland superstition haddock bones should never be buried, only burnt (Outlander, chapter 1)
Herring - Frank considers whether he knows any Highland proverbs concerning herrings (Outlander, chapter 1) Jamie eats salt herring on Quarter Day (Outlander, chapter 31)
Mackerel - in the aftermath of Claire and Jamie's scandalous dinner party when Mary Hawkins and Alex Randall are lying unconscious side by side on the balcony, Claire thinks they look like a couple of dead mackerel (DIA, chapter 19) The purser on board the Porpoise suggests they feed fish to the sick crewman, saying they often encounter substantial schools of mackerel (V, chapter 46)
Minnows - there are minnows in the pool where Jamie teaches Claire to tickle trout (Outlander, chapter 16)
Mussels - there are mussels growing in the harbour at Le Havre (DIA, chapter 6)
Salmon - Roger says he's caught salmon many a time in Loch Ness (V, chapter 17)
Sea bream - the first fish caught by Mr Willoughby's pelican is a sea bream (V, chapter 44)
Sharks - seen in the ocean during the voyage of the Artemis (V, chapter 44)
Trout - Jamie teaches Claire how to tickle trout (Outlander, chapter 16)
Whelks - Claire and Annekje Johansen collect whelks when the Porpoise stops at North Caicos Island to repair its mast (V, chapter 49)
Whitebait - Jamie goes out in a small boat with two of the sailors from the Artemis to catch whitebait (V, chapter 43) Whitebait is a collective term that refers to the small fry of a number of fish species. Jamie returned from this trip covered in scales and fish blood so must have caught other things as whitebait are far too small to have scales and don't really bleed
Bonita - The purser on board the Porpoise suggests they feed fish to the sick crewman, saying they often encounter substantial schools of bonita as they approach the Caribbean (V, chapter 46) The purser is slightly confused as the fish is actually called bonito, not bonita. Bonito is another name for skipjack tuna
Carp - there are ponds filled with carp at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre (Outlander, chapter 40)
Crabs - the seals living in Coigach hunt crabs (V, chapter 33) while onboard the Artemis, Jamie and Claire see tiny crabs living in enormous islands of floating seaweed (V, chapter 42) Claire disturbs tiny purple crabs when she comes ashore on the island of Hispaniola after escaping from the Porpoise (V, chapter 50)
Eels - Maisri the Seer has a vision of Lachlan Gibbons wrapped in seaweed with eels stirring beneath his shirt (DIA, chapter 41) Roger says he's caught eels many a time in Loch Ness (V, chapter 17)
Flounder - Claire notes that the carp ponds at the Abbey of Ste Anne de Beaupre allow the monks to eat fish on Fridays when the weather is too bad to go fishing for herring, haddock or flounder (Outlander, chapter 40)
Four-eyed fish - Claire sees some strange four-eyed fish which can live out of water when she finds herself caught in the mangrove thicket on the island of Hispaniola (V, chapter 50) These sound like the species Anableps anableps. They don't actually have four eyes, rather each eye is divided into two parts - one part looks below the water and the other part above
Haddock - Frank tells Claire that in Highland superstition haddock bones should never be buried, only burnt (Outlander, chapter 1)
Herring - Frank considers whether he knows any Highland proverbs concerning herrings (Outlander, chapter 1) Jamie eats salt herring on Quarter Day (Outlander, chapter 31)
Mackerel - in the aftermath of Claire and Jamie's scandalous dinner party when Mary Hawkins and Alex Randall are lying unconscious side by side on the balcony, Claire thinks they look like a couple of dead mackerel (DIA, chapter 19) The purser on board the Porpoise suggests they feed fish to the sick crewman, saying they often encounter substantial schools of mackerel (V, chapter 46)
Minnows - there are minnows in the pool where Jamie teaches Claire to tickle trout (Outlander, chapter 16)
Mussels - there are mussels growing in the harbour at Le Havre (DIA, chapter 6)
Salmon - Roger says he's caught salmon many a time in Loch Ness (V, chapter 17)
Sea bream - the first fish caught by Mr Willoughby's pelican is a sea bream (V, chapter 44)
Sharks - seen in the ocean during the voyage of the Artemis (V, chapter 44)
Trout - Jamie teaches Claire how to tickle trout (Outlander, chapter 16)
Whelks - Claire and Annekje Johansen collect whelks when the Porpoise stops at North Caicos Island to repair its mast (V, chapter 49)
Whitebait - Jamie goes out in a small boat with two of the sailors from the Artemis to catch whitebait (V, chapter 43) Whitebait is a collective term that refers to the small fry of a number of fish species. Jamie returned from this trip covered in scales and fish blood so must have caught other things as whitebait are far too small to have scales and don't really bleed