{"id":3480,"date":"2022-02-28T04:29:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T04:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=3480"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:23:06","slug":"marine-life-of-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/marine-life-of-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"[C] Marine | Marine Life Of NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Marine Fish of New Jersey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are approximately 450 species of vertebrate wildlife which can be found within the Garden State, along with 85 freshwater fish. Our bays, estuaries and marine waters can be home to 28 marine mammals and 336 marine finfish at some point during the year. This is an exceptional number of species for a state as small as New Jersey. The majority of the information in the tables below was compiled through the work of Ken Able (Able, 1992<\/a>) and lists marine fish which can be found in our waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n



The following species are found abundantly in New Jersey waters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Alewife<\/td>Alosa pseudoharengus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
American Eel<\/td>Anguila rostrata<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
American Sand Lance<\/td>Ammodytes americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Mackerel<\/td>Scomber scombrus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Menhaden<\/td>Brevoortia tyrannus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Silverside<\/td>Menidia menidia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Banded Killifish<\/td>Fundulus diaphanous<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bay Anchovy<\/td>Anchoa mitchilli<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Black Sea Bass<\/td>Centropristis striata<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blackbelly Rosefish<\/td>Helicolenus dactylopterus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blueback Herring<\/td>Alosa aestivalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bluefish<\/td>Pomatomus saltatrix<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Butterfish<\/td>Peprilus triacanthus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Chain Dogfish<\/td>Scyliorhinus retifer<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Clearnose Skate<\/td>Raja eglanteria<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Fawn Cusk-eel<\/td>Lepophidium profundorum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gulf Stream Flounder<\/td>Citharichthys arctifrons<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Inland Silverside<\/td>Menidia beryllina<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Little Skate<\/td>Raja erinacea<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Mummichog<\/td>Fundulus heteroclitus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Naked Goby<\/td>Gobiosoma bosc<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern Pipefish<\/td>Syngnathus fuscus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern Sand Lance<\/td>Ammodytes dubius<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern Searobin<\/td>Prionotus carolinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Oyster Toadfish<\/td>Opsanus tau<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Red Hake<\/td>Urophycis chuss<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sand Tiger<\/td>Odontaspis taurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sandbar Shark<\/td>Carcharhinus plumbeus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Scup<\/td>Stenotomus chrysops<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sheepshead minnow<\/td>Cyprinodon variegates<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Silver Hake<\/td>Merluccius bilinearis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smooth Dogfish<\/td>Mustelus canis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spiny Dogfish<\/td>Squalus acanthias<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Bass<\/td>Morone saxatilus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Killifish<\/td>Fundulus majalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped mullet<\/td>Mugil cephalus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Searobin<\/td>Prionotus evolans<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Summer Flounder<\/td>Paralichthys dentatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tautog<\/td>Tautoga onilis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tilefish<\/td>Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps<\/td><\/tr>
Weakfish<\/td>Cynoscion regalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White mullet<\/td>Mugil curema<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White Perch<\/td>Morone americana<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Winter Flounder<\/td>Pleuronectes americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Winter Skate<\/td>Raja ocellata<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n


The following species are commonly found in our marine waters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Albacore<\/td>Thunnus alalunga<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
American Shad<\/td>Alosa sapidissima<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Armored Searobin<\/td>Peristedion miniatum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Angel Shark<\/td>Squatina dumeril<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Cod<\/td>Gadus morhua<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Croaker<\/td>Micropogonias undulatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Herring<\/td>Clupea harengus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Needlefish<\/td>Strongylura marina<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Tomcod<\/td>Microgadus tomcod<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Barndoor Skate<\/td>Raja laevis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Black Drum<\/td>Pogonias cromis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blue Shark<\/td>Prionace glauca<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bluefin Tuna<\/td>Thunnus thynnus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Buckler Dory<\/td>Zenopsis cochifera<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Conger Eel<\/td>Conger oceanicus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Crevalle Jack<\/td>Caranx hippos<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cunner<\/td>Tautogolabrus adsperus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dolphin<\/td>Coryphaena hippurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dusky Shark<\/td>Carcharhinus obscurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Eastern Mosquitofish<\/td>Gambusia holbrocki<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Florida Pompano<\/td>Trachinotus carolinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Fourspine Stickleback<\/td>Apeltes quadracus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Fourspot Flounder<\/td>Paralichthys oblongus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Goosefish<\/td>Lophius americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Grubby<\/td>Myoxocephalus aenaeus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Hickory Shad<\/td>Alosa mediocris<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Hogchoker<\/td>Trinectes maculatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Horned Lanternfish<\/td>Ceratoscopelus maderensis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Inquiline Seasnail<\/td>Liparis inquilinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Lined Seahorse<\/td>Hippocampus erectus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Little Tunny<\/td>Euthynnus alletteratus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Longhorn Sculpin<\/td>Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Marsh Killifish<\/td>Fundulus confluentus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern kingfish<\/td>Menticirrhus saxatilis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern Puffer<\/td>Sphoeroides maculatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern sennet<\/td>Sphyraena borealis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ocean pout<\/td>Macrozoarces americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Offshore Hake<\/td>Merluccius albidus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Palometa<\/td>Trachinotus goodei<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Permit<\/td>Trachinotus falcatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Pollock<\/td>Pollachius virens<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Rainwater Killifish<\/td>Lucania parva<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Rosette Skate<\/td>Raja garmani<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Rough Silverside <\/td>Membras martinica<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Roughtail Stingray<\/td>Dasyatis centroura<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sea Lamprey<\/td>Petromyzon marinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sea Raven<\/td>Hemitripterus americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Shortnose Greeneye<\/td>Chlorophthalmus agassizi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Shortnose Sturgeon<\/td>Acipenser brevirostrum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Silver perch<\/td>Bairdiella chrysoura<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smallmouth Flounder<\/td>Etropus microstomus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spot<\/td>Leiostomus xanthurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotfin Butterflyfish<\/td>Chaetodon ocellatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotfin Killifish<\/td>Fundulus luciae<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted Hake<\/td>Urophycis regia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Anchovy<\/td>Anchoa hepsetus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Cusk-eel<\/td>Ophidion marginatum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Swordfish<\/td>Xiphias gladias<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Threespine Stickleback<\/td>Gasterosteus aculeatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White Marlin<\/td>Tetrapterus albidus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Windowpane<\/td>Scophthalmus aquosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Witch Flounder<\/td>Glyptocephalus cynoglossus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Yellowfin Tuna<\/td>Thunnus albacares<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Yellowtail Flounder<\/td>Pleuronectes ferrugineus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n


The below species are occasionally found in New Jersey’s marine waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Acadian Redfish<\/td>Sebastes fasciatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Bonito<\/td>Sarda sarda<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Moonfish<\/td>Selene setapinnis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Thread Herring<\/td>Opisthonema oglinum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Banded Rudderfish<\/td>Seriola zonata<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bar Jack<\/td>Caranx ruber<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bigeye Thresher Shark<\/td>Alopias superciliosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bigeye Tuna<\/td>Thunnus obesus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blue Runner<\/td>Caranx crysos<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bluntnose Stingray<\/td>Dasyatis say<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bullnose Ray<\/td>Myliobatis freminvillei<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cero<\/td>Scomberomorus regalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cownose Ray<\/td>Rhinoptera bonasus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Feather Blenny<\/td>Hypsoblennius hentz<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Gizzard Shad<\/td>Dorosoma cepedianum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gray snapper<\/td>Lutjanus griseus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Haddock<\/td>Melanogrammus aeglefinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Harvestfish<\/td>Peprilus alepidotus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Inshore Lizardfish<\/td>Synodus foetens<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
King Mackerel<\/td>Scomberomorus cavalla<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Leatherjack<\/td>Oligoplites saurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Lookdown<\/td>Selene vomer<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Margined Snake Eel<\/td>Ophichthus cruentifer<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Northern stargazer<\/td>Astroscopus guttatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ocean Sunfish<\/td>Mola mola<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ocean Triggerfish<\/td>Canthidermis sufflamen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Red drum<\/td>Sciaenops ocellatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Round Herring<\/td>Etrumeus teres<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Seaboard Goby<\/td>Gobiosoma ginsburgi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Silver Anchovy<\/td>Engraulis eurystole<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Silverstripe Halfbeak<\/td>Hyporhamphus unifasciatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smooth Butterfly Ray<\/td>Gymnura micrura<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smooth Puffer<\/td>Lagocephalus laevigatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Southern kingfish<\/td>Menticirrhus americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spanish Mackerel<\/td>Scomberomorus maculates<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spanish Sardine<\/td>Sardinella aurita<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Blenny<\/td>Chasmodes bosquianus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striped Burrfish<\/td>Chilomycterus schoepfi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Swallowtail Bass<\/td>Anthias woodsi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Thorny Skate<\/td>Raja radiata<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White Hake<\/td>Urophycis tenuis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n


The following species are rarely found in New Jersey marine waters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
African Pompano<\/td>Alectis ciliaris<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Agujon<\/td>Tylosurus acus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Alligatorfish<\/td>Aspidophoroides monopterygius<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Almaco Jack<\/td>Seriola rivoliana<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
American Plaice<\/td>Hippoglossoides platessoides<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Angelfin Whiff<\/td>Citharichthys gymnorhinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Antenna Codlet<\/td>Bregmaceros atlanticus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Arctic shanny<\/td>Stichaeus punctatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Bumper<\/td>Chloroscombrus chrysurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Cutlassfish<\/td>Trichiurus lepturus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Flyingfish<\/td>Cypselurus melanurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Hagfish<\/td>Myxine glutinosa<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Halibut<\/td>Hippoglossus hippoglossus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic pomfret<\/td>Brama brama<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Salmon<\/td>Salmo salar<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Saury<\/td>Scomberesox saurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Seasnail<\/td>Liparis atlanticus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Sharpnose Shark<\/td>Rhizoprionodon terraenovae<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic spadefish<\/td>Chaetodipterus faber<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Stingray<\/td>Dasyatis sabina<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Sturgeon<\/td>Acipenser oxyrhynchus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic threadfin<\/td>Polydactylus octonemus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic Torpedo<\/td>Torpedo nobiliana<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Atlantic wolffish<\/td>Anarhichas lupus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ballyhoo<\/td>Hemiramphus brasiliensis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Banded butterflyfish<\/td>Chaetodon striatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Banded drum<\/td>Larimus fasciatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bandwing Flyingfish<\/td>Cypselurus exciliens<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Barbfish<\/td>Scorpaena brasiliensis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Barrelfish<\/td>Hyperoglyphe perciformis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Basking Shark<\/td>Cetorhinus maximus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bay Whiff<\/td>Citharichthys spilopterus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Benoit’s Lanternfish<\/td>Hygophum benoiti<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bermuda chub<\/td>Kyphosus sectatrix<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bigeye Scad<\/td>Selar crumenophthalmus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bigeye Squaretail<\/td>Tetragonurus atlanticus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Black Fathead<\/td>Cubiceps baxteri<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Black Grouper<\/td>Mycteroperca bonaci<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Black Ruff<\/td>Centrolophus niger<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blackcheek Tonguefish<\/td>Symphurus plagiusa<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blackline Tilefish<\/td>Caulolatilus cyanops<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blacktip Shark<\/td>Carcharhinus limbatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blue Marlin<\/td>Makaira nigricans<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Blue Tang<\/td>Acanthurus coeruleus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bluefin Driftfish<\/td>Psenes pellucidus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bluespotted Cornetfish<\/td>Fistularia tabacaria<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bonefish<\/td>Albula vulpes<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bonnethead<\/td>Sphyrna tiburo<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Brown Trout<\/td>Salmo trutta<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Bull Shark<\/td>Carcharhinus leucas<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Carolina Hake<\/td>Urophycis earlii<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Chain Pipefish<\/td>Syngnathus louisianae<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Checkered Puffer<\/td>Sphoeroides testudineus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Chub Mackerel<\/td>Scomber japonicus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Clearwing Flyingfish<\/td>Cypselurus comatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cobia<\/td>Rachycentron canadum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cottonmouth Jack<\/td>Uraspis secunda<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Crested Blenny<\/td>Hypleurochilus germinatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Crested Cusk-eel<\/td>Ophidion welshi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cubera Snapper<\/td>Lutjanus cyanopterus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cusk<\/td>Brosme brosme<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Darter Goby<\/td>Gobionellus boleosoma<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Deep Water Squirrelfish<\/td>Holocentrus bullisi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Devil Ray<\/td>Mobula mobular<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Duckbill Barracudina<\/td>Paralepis atlantica<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dusky Flounder<\/td>Syacium papillosum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dusky Squirrelfish<\/td>Holocentrus vexillarius<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Emerald parrotfish<\/td>Nicholsina usta<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
False Cat Shark<\/td>Pseudotriakis microdon<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Fat Sleeper<\/td>Dormitator maculatas<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Flagfin mojarra<\/td>Eucinostomus melanopterus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Flat Needlefish<\/td>Ablennes hians<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Flying Gurnard<\/td>Dactylopterus volitans<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Flying Halfbeak<\/td>Euleptorhampus velox<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Fourbeard Rockling<\/td>Enchelyopus cimbrius<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Foureye butterflyfish<\/td>Chaetodon capistratus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Freckled Driftfish<\/td>Psenes cyanophrys<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Frigate Mackerel<\/td>Auxis thazard<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Fringed Filefish<\/td>Monacanthus ciliatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gafftopsail Catfish<\/td>Bagre marinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gag<\/td>Mycteroperca microlepis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Glacier Lanternfish<\/td>Benthosema glaciale<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Glasseye snapper<\/td>Priacanthus cruentatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gray angelfish<\/td>Pomacanthus arcuatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gray Triggerfish<\/td>Balistes capriscus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Great barracuda<\/td>Sphyraena barracuda<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Greater Amberjack<\/td>Seriola dumerili<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Green Moray<\/td>Gymnothorax funebris<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Gulf Flounder<\/td>Paralichthys albigutta<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Highfin Goby<\/td>Gobionellus oceanicus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Highfin Scorpionfish<\/td>Pontinus rathbuni<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Horned Whiff<\/td>Citharichthys cornutus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Horse-eye Jack<\/td>Caranx latus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Irish pompano<\/td>Diapterus auratus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ladyfish<\/td>Elops saurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Largescale Lanternfish<\/td>Symbolophorus veranyi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Lemon Shark<\/td>Negaprion brevirostris<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Longfin Lanternfish<\/td>Diogenichthys atlanticus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Longspine Snipefish<\/td>Macrorhamphosus scolopax<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Longtooth Anglemouth<\/td>Gonostoma elongatum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Lumpfish<\/td>Cyclopterus lumpus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Manta<\/td>Manta birostris<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Marlinsucker<\/td>Remora osteochir<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Mullers Pearlsides<\/td>Maurolicus muelleri<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Mushroom Scorpionfish<\/td>Scorpaena inermis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ninespine Stickleback<\/td>Pungitius pungitius<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Ocean Surgeon<\/td>Acanthurus bahianus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Oceanic Lightfish<\/td>Vinciguerria nimbaria<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Oilfish<\/td>Ruvettus pretiosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Opposum Pipefish<\/td>Microphis brachyuros<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Orange Filefish<\/td>Aluterus schoepfi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Palespotted Eel<\/td>Ophichthus ocellatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Pigfish<\/td>Orthopristis chrysoptera<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Pilotfish<\/td>Naucrates ductor<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Pinfish<\/td>Lagodon rhomboides<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Planehead Filefish<\/td>Monacanthus hispidus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Porbeagle<\/td>Lamna nasus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Porcupinefish<\/td>Diodon hystrix<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Queen Triggerfish<\/td>Balistes vetula<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Radiated shanny<\/td>Ulvaria subbifurcata<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Rainbow smelt<\/td>Osmerus mordax<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Rainbow Trout<\/td>Oncorhynchus mykiss<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Red goatfish<\/td>Mullus auratus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Red Grouper<\/td>Epinephelus morio<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Red Snapper<\/td>Lutjanus camprechanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Redeye Gaper<\/td>Chaunax stigmaeus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Remora<\/td>Remora remora<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Rock gunnel<\/td>Pholis gunnelus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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COMMON NAME<\/th>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Rough Scad<\/td>Trachurus lathami<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Round Scad<\/td>Decapterus punctatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sailfish<\/td>Istiophorus platypterus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sargassum Pipefish<\/td>Syngnathus pelagicus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sargassumfish<\/td>Histrio histrio<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Scaled Sardine<\/td>Harengula jaguana<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Scalloped Hammerhead<\/td>Sphyrna lewini<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Schoolmaster<\/td>Lutjanus apodus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Scrawled Cowfish<\/td>Lactophrys quadricornis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sea bream<\/td>Archosargus rhomboidalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Seaweed Blenny<\/td>Parablennius marmoreus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sergeant major<\/td>Abudefduf saxatilus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sharksucker<\/td>Echeneis naucrates<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sharpchin Barracudina<\/td>Paralepis coregonoides<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Sheepshead<\/td>Archosargus probatocephalus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Shortfin Mako<\/td>Isurus oxyrinchus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Shorthorn Sculpin<\/td>Myoxocephalus scorpius<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Silky Shark<\/td>Carcharhinus falciformis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Silver jenny<\/td>Eucinostomus gula<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Skipjack Tuna<\/td>Katsuwonus pelamis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Slender Lanternfish<\/td>Hygophum reinhardti<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smallfin Lanternfish<\/td>Benthosema suborbitale<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smalltooth Sawfish<\/td>Pristis pectinata<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smooth Hammerhead<\/td>Sphyrna zygaena<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smooth Trunkfish<\/td>Lactophrys triqueter<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Smoothcheek Scorpionfish<\/td>Scorpaena isthmensis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Snakeblenny<\/td>Lumpenus lumpretaeformis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Snakefish<\/td>Trachinocephalus myops<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Snowy Grouper<\/td>Epinephelus niveatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Southern Stingray<\/td>Dasyatis americana<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Speckled Worm Eel<\/td>Myrophis punctatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spiny Butterfly Ray<\/td>Gymnura altavela<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spinycheek Scorpionfish<\/td>Neomerinthe hemingwayi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotfin Flyingfish<\/td>Cypselurus furcatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotfin mojarra<\/td>Eucinostomus argenteus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spottail pinfish<\/td>Diplodus holbrooki<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted Burrfish<\/td>Chilomycterus atinga<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted Eagle Ray<\/td>Aetobatus narinari<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted goatfish<\/td>Pseudupeneus maculatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted Moray<\/td>Gymnothorax moringa<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted Scorpionfish<\/td>Scorpaena plumieri<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Spotted seatrout<\/td>Cynoscion nebulosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Striated Frogfish<\/td>Antennarius striatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tarpon<\/td>Megalops atlanticus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Thresher Shark<\/td>Alopias vulpinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tidewater mojarra<\/td>Eucinostomus harengulus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tiger Shark<\/td>Galeocerdo cuvier<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tripletail<\/td>Lobotes surinamensis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Trunkfish<\/td>Lactophrys trigonus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Twospot Flounder or Spottail Flounder<\/td>Bothus robinsi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Vermillion snapper<\/td>Rhomboplites aurorubens<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Wahoo<\/td>Acanthocybium solandri<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Warming’s Lanternfish<\/td>Ceratoscopelus warmingi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Warsaw Grouper<\/td>Epinephelus nigritus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Web Burrfish<\/td>Chilomycterus antillarum<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White Barracudina<\/td>Notolepis rissoi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White Shark<\/td>Carcharadon carcharias<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
White Suckerfish<\/td>Remorina albescens<\/td><\/tr>
Whitefin Sharksucker<\/td>Echeneis neucratoides<\/td><\/tr>
Winged Lanternfish<\/td>Lampanyctus alatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Wreckfish<\/td>Polyprion americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Yellow Jack<\/td>Caranx bartholomaei<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Yellowtail snapper<\/td>Ocyurus chrysurus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

Citation:
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