Marine and Coastal Species Information System
--Fish--
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Species Name
alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus )
alewife, Gaspereau (Alosa pseudoharengus )
anchovy, bay (Anchoa mitchilli )
anchovy, deepbody (Anchoa compressa )
anchovy, northern (Engraulis mordax )
anchovy, striped (Anchoa hepsetus )
argentine, Atlantic (Argentina silus )
barracudina, white (Notolepis rissoi )
bass, barred sand (Paralabrax nebulifer )
bass, black sea (Centropristis striata )
bass, striped (Morone saxatilis )
bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix )
butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus )
capelin (Mallotus villosus )
catfish, gafftopsail (Bagre marinus )
catfish, sea (Arius felis )
char, Arctic (Salvelinus alpinus )
chimaera, longnose (Harriotta raleighana )
cisco, least (Coregonus sardinella )
cod, Arctic (Boreogadus saida )
cod, Atlantic (Gadus morhua )
cod, Greenland (Gadus ogac )
cod, Pacific (Gadus macrocephalus )
cod, Saffron (Eleginus gracilis )
croaker, Atlantic (Micropogonias undulatus )
croaker, Atlantic (Micropogon undulatus )
cunner
cusk (Brosme brosme )
dogfish, spiny (Squalus acanthias )
drum, banded (Larimus fasciatus )
drum, black (Pogonias cromis )
drum, black (Pogonias cromis )
drum, red (Sciaenops ocellatus )
eel, American (Anguilla rostrata )
flounder, southern (Paralichthys lethostigma )
flounder, starry (Platichthys stellatus )
flounder, summer (Paralichthys dentatus )
flounder, winter (Pseudopleuronectes americanus )
flounder, yellowtail (Limanda ferruginea )
grenadier, rock (Coryphaenoides rupestris )
grouper, Nassau (Epinephelus striatus )
grouper, black (Mycteroperca bonaci )
grouper, red (Epinephelus morio )
grunion, California (Leuresthes tenuis )
haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
hagfish, Atlantic (Myxine glutinosa )
hake, blue (Antimora rostrata )
hake, silver (Merluccius bilinearis )
halibut, Atlantic (Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
halibut, California (Paralichthys californicus )
halibut, Greenland (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides )
halibut, Pacific (Hippoglossus stenolepis )
herring, Atlantic (Clupea harengus harengus)
herring, Atlantic thread (Opisthonema oglinum )
herring, Pacific (Clupea harengus pallasi)
herring, blueback (Alosa aestivalis )
herring, round (Etrumeus teres )
killifish, striped (Fundulus majalis )
kingfish, northern (Menticirrhus saxatilis )
ladyfish (Elops saurus )
lamprey, sea (Petromyzon marinus )
lance, sand (Ammodytes americanus )
lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus )
mackerel, Atlantic (Scomber scombrus )
mackerel, Spanish (Scomberomorus maculatus )
mackerel, king (Scomberomorus cavalla )
mackerel, spanish (Scomberomorus maculatus )
marlin, blue (Makaira nigrican )
marlin, white (Tetrapturus albidus )
menhaden, Atlantic (Brevoortia tyrannus )
menhaden, Gulf (Brevoortia patronus )
menhaden, gulf (Brevoortia patronus )
minnow, sheepshead (Cyprinodon variegatus )
monkfish (Lophius americanus )
mullet, striped (Mugil cephalus )
mullet, white (Mugil curema )
mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus )
perch, Pacific Ocean (Sebastes alutus )
perch, pile (Rhacochilus vacca )
perch, silver (Bairdiella chrysoura )
perch, white (Morone americana )
pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera )
pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides )
pipefish, northern (Syngnathus fuscus )
pollock (Pollachius virens )
pollock, walleye (Theragra chalcogramma )
pompano, Florida (Trachinotus carolinus )
porbeagle (Lamna nasus )
puffer, northern (Sphoeroides maculatus )
rockfish, black (Sebastes melanops )
rockfish, brown (Sebastes auriculatus )
rockfish, copper (Sebastes caurinus )
rockfish, yelloweye (Sebastes ruberrimus )
sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria )
salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar )
salmon, chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha )
salmon, chum (Oncorhynchus keta )
salmon, coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch )
salmon, coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch )
salmon, pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha )
salmon, sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka )
sanddab, Pacific (Citharichthys sordidus )
sanddab, speckled (Citharichthys stigmaeus )
sculpin, longhorn (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus )
sculpin, shorthorn (Myoxocephalus scorpius )
scup (porgy) (Stenotomus chrysops )
seaperch, rubberlip (Rhacochilus toxotes )
seaperch, striped (Embiotoca lateralis )
searobin, northern (Prionotus carolinus )
seatrout, sand (Cynoscion arenarius )
seatrout, silver (Cynoscion nothus )
seatrout, spotted (Cynoscion nebulosus )
seatrout, spotted (Cynoscion nebulosus )
shad, American (Alosa sapidissima )
shad, hickory (Alosa mediocris )
shark, Portuguese (Centroscymnus coelolepis )
shark, basking (Cetorhinus maximus )
shark, leopard (Triakis semifasciata )
shark, white (Carcharodon carcharias )
sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus )
silverside, Atlantic (Menidia menidia )
skate, little (Raja erinacea )
skate, smooth (Raja senta )
skate, thorny (Raja radiata )
smelt, rainbow (Osmerus mordax )
snapper, gray (Lutjanus griseus )
snapper, lane (Lutjanus synagris )
snapper, mutton (Lutjanus analis )
snapper, red (Lutjanus campechanus )
snapper, yellowtail (Ocyurus chrysurus )
snook (Centropomus undecimalis )
sole, Dover (Microstomus pacificus )
sole, English (Parophrys vetulus )
sole, rock (Lepidopsetta bilineata )
sole, yellowfin (Limanda aspera )
spot (Leiostomus xanthurus )
stickleback, fourspine (Apeltes quadracus )
stickleback, threespine (Gasterosteus aculeatus )
sturgeon, Atlantic (Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus)
sturgeon, Green (Acipenser medirostris )
sturgeon, shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum )
sturgeon, white (Acipenser transmontanus )
swordfish (Xiphias gladius )
tarpon (Megalops atlanticus )
tautog (Tautoga onitis )
tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps )
tomcod, Atlantic (Microgadus tomcod )
topsmelt (Atherinops affinis )
trout, sea-run cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki)
trout, steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss )
tuna, bluefin (Thunnus thynnus )
weakfish (Cynoscion regalis )
whitefish, Atlantic (Coregonus clupeaformis )
wolffish, Atlantic (Anarhichas lupus )