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Background: Fish and fish products are one of the most important food sources of high commercial interest. The global food trade and the associated risks are constantly presenting new challenges to consumer protection and public authorities, which, among other things, demand state-of-the-art analytical methods to ensure food authenticity. Objective: The establishment of MS-based strategies plays a decisive role alongside the (further) development of ELISA- or DNA-oriented methods. Methods: In the present work, therefore, the development and in-house validation of an LC–MS and LC–MS/MS-based assay for authenticity testing of certain fish species is described. Results: Based on the execution of a validated bottom-up LC–electrospray–MS and MS/MS assay and multivariate analysis, the commercially available species Lutjanus malabaricus (red snapper) and Sebastes spp. (redfish) are …