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VIDEO: Consumer Reports - Mystery fish for sale

According to the latest research, eating fish can help protect your heart and lower your blood pressure and risk of stroke. But Consumer Reports' just-released investigation shows people aren’t always getting the fish they're paying for.

Consumer Reports investigated to find out if the fish you're buying is what it claims to be or some sort of mystery fish.

"Our secret shoppers bought 190 samples of 14 different kinds of fish - red snapper, salmon, sole, and others. They went to more than 50 retail stores and restaurants in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut,” says Kim Kleman with Consumer Reports.

Consumer Reports testers packed pieces from each sample and sent them off to an outside lab.

Technicians extracted DNA from each sample to determine what kind of fish it was.

The results? Only four of the 14 types of fish bought were always identified correctly. The biggest discrepancy? Lemon sole. Of the 10 samples, not one turned out to be lemon sole.

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