The name “Chilean seabass” was invented by a fish wholesaler named Lee Lantz in 1977. He was looking for a name that would make it attractive to the American market. He considered “Pacific sea bass” and “South American sea bass” before settling on “Chilean sea bass”
In 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted “Chilean Seabass” as an “alternative market name” for Patagonian tooth fish and in 2013 for Antarctic tooth fish.
