The identification of processed aquatic product species has an important and practical meaning. It has sig¬nificant impact on international commerce，establishment of the standard methods of aquatic product species identifica¬tion ，and protection of the right of consumers. This review focused on the progress of molecular methods for processed aquatic product species identification. The advantage and the disadvantage of different methods were analyzed and 
their application in different processed aquatic product was presented. The challenges and prospects of the trend of re¬search in the future were also discussed. ' Chinese Fishery Quality and Standards，2013，3 (1) :33 -39]