Fish head

This article is about the head of a fish in popular culture and its use as a seafood. For other uses, see Fish head (disambiguation).
The skeleton of the head of a perch
Parts of a pike's head. 1: liver, 2: gill arch, 3: palate with sharp teeth, 4: in the middle a heart, 5: fragment of spinal cord, 6: brain, 7: spherical lens, 8: scale

Fish heads, either separated or still attached to the rest of the fish, are sometimes used in culinary dishes, or boiled for fish stock.