Common Name | Accepted Common Name | Scientific Name |
AFRICAN POMPANO | AFRICAN POMPANO | ALECTIS CILIARIS |
AHI | YELLOWFIN TUNA | THUNNUS ALBACARES |
ALBACORE | ALBACORE TUNA | THUNNUS ALALUNGA |
ALBERT | LITTLE TUNNY | EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS |
ALEWIFE | ALEWIFE | ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS |
ALEWIFE (Gulf/Miscalled) | GULF MENHADEN | BREVOORTIA PATRONUS |
ALEWIFE (Virginia) | ATLANTIC MENHADEN | CLUPEA HARENGUS |
ALLISON | YELLOWFIN TUNA (Large) | THUNNUS ALBACARES |
ALL-MOUTH | GOOSEFISH | LOPHIUS AMERICANUS |
AMBERJACK | GREATER AMBERJACK | SERIOLA DUMERILI
|
AMERICAN RED SNAPPER | RED SNAPPER | LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS |
AMERICAN SNAPPER | RED SNAPPER | LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS |
ANCHOVY
| STRIPED ANCHOVY | ANCHOA HEPSETUS |
|
ANGEL SHARK | ATLANTIC ANGEL SHARK | SQUATINA DUMERIL |
ANGELFISH (Miscalled) | ATLANTIC SPADEFISH | CHAETODIPTERUS FABER |
ANGLERFISH | GOOSEFISH | LOPHIUS AMERICANUS |
ARCTIC BONITO | SKIPJACK TUNA | EUTHYNNUS PELAMIS |
B-LINER | VERMILION SNAPPER | RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS |
BALLYHOO | BALLYHOO
| HEMIRAMPHUS BRASILIENSIS |
BANANA FISH | LADYFISH | ELOPS SAURUS |
BAR DRUM | BLACK DRUM | POGONIAS CROMIS |
BARNDOOR | BARNDOOR SKATE | RAJA LAEVIS |
BARRACUDA | GREAT BARRACUDA
| SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA |
BAY ANCHOVY |
BAY ANCHOVY | ANCHOA MITCHILLI |
BEACH WHITING | GULF KINGFISH | MENTICIRRHUS LITTORALIS |
BEELINE SNAPPER | VERMILION SNAPPER | RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS |
BERGALL | CUNNER | TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS |
BIG JACK
| JACK CREVALLE | CARANX HIPPOS |
BIG RED | RED DRUM (Large) | SCIAENOPS OCELLATA |
BIGEYE | BIGEYE TUNA | THUNNUS OBESUS |
BLACK BASS | BLACK SEABASS | CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS |
BLACK DOGFISH (Miscalled) | GULF TOADFISH | OPSANUS BETA |
BLACK FLOUNDER
| WINTER FLOUNDER | PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS |
BLACK GROUPER (Miscalled) | GAG GROUPER | MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS |
BLACK GROUPER (Miscalled) | WARSAW GROUPER | EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS |
BLACK JEWFISH
| WARSAW GROUPER | EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS |
BLACK MULLET | STRIPED MULLET | MUGIL CEPHALUS |
BLACK PERCH | WHITE PERCH |
MORONE AMERICANA |
BLACK SALMON | COBIA | RACHYCENTRON CANADUM |
BLACKBACK | WINTER FLOUNDER | PSEUDOPLUERONECTES AMERICANUS
|
BLACKFIN | BLACKFIN TUNA | THUNNUS ATLANTICUS |
BLACKFIN GROUPER | BLACK GROUPER | MYCTEROPERCA BONACI |
BLACKFISH | BLACK SEABASS |
CENTROPRISTES STRIATUS |
BLACKFISH | TRIPLETAIL | LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS |
BLACKFISH | ROCK SEABASS | CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS |
BLACKFISH (Mid Atlantic & CT) | TAUTOG | TAUTOGA ONITIS |
BLACKWILL | BLACK SEABASS | CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS |
BLOOD MOUTH | TOMTATE | HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM |
BLOW TOAD | NORTHERN PUFFER | SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS |
BLOWFISH | NORTHERN PUFFER | SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS |
BLUE | BLUEFISH | POMATOMUS SALTATRIX |
BLUE MARLIN | ATLANTIC BLUE MARLIN | MAKAIRA NIGRICANS |
BLUE SHARK | BLUE SHARK | PRIONACE GLAUCA |
BLUEBACK | BLUEBACK HERRING | ALOSA AESTIVALIS
|
BLUEFIN | BLUEFIN TUNA | THUNNUS THYNNUS |
BLUELINE TILEFISH (Mid-Atlantic) |
GREY TILEFISH | CAULOLATILUS MICROPS |
BLUE-NOSED PERCH | WHITE PERCH | MORONE AMERICANA |
BLUEPERCH | CUNNER | TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS |
BONITO | ATLANTIC BONITO | SARDA SARDA |
BONITO (Miscalled) | LITTLE TUNNY | EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS |
BOSTON BLUEFISH | POLLOCK | POLLACHIUS VIRENS |
BOSTON MACKEREL | ATLANTIC MACKEREL | SCOMBER SCOMBRUS |
BREAM
| PINFISH | LAGODON RHOMBOIDES |
BRILL | WINDOWPANE | SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS |
BROADBILL | SWORDFISH | XIPHIAS GLADIUS |
BROWN SHARK |
SANDBAR SHARK | CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS |
BULL CROAKER | ATLANTIC CROAKER | MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS |
BULLHEAD | FRESHWATER CATFISH | ICHTALURUS SPP |
BULLS | DOLPHIN (Large Male) | CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
BUNKER
| ATLANTIC MENHADEN | BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS |
BUOY TENDER | TRIPLETAIL | LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS |
BUOYFISH | TRIPLETAIL |
LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS |
BURGLAR FISH | CUNNER | TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS |
BUTTERFISH (Gulf / Miscalled) | PINFISH | LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
|
CALIFORNIA RED SNAPPER | VERMILION SNAPPER | RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS |
CANDY SNAPPER | LANE SNAPPER | LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS |
CANDY STRIPER | LANE SNAPPER | LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS |
CAT | GAFFTOPSAIL CATFISH | BAGRE MARINUS |
CAT | SEA CATFISH | ARIUS FELIS |
CATFISH (Miscalled)
| ATLANTIC WOLFFISH | ANARHICHAS LUPUS |
CAVALLA | KING MACKEREL | SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA |
CHANNEL BASS | BLACK DRUM |
POGONIAS CROMIS |
CHANNEL BASS | RED DRUM | SCIAENOPS OCELLATA |
|
CHANNEL CATFISH | SEA CATFISH | ARIUS FELIS |
CHAUGI | CUNNER | TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS |
CHAUGIE | CUNNER | TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS |
CHICKEN DOLPHIN
| POMPANO DOLPHIN | CORYPHAENA EQUISETIS |
CHICKEN SNAPPER | RED SNAPPER | LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS |
CHICKEN SNAPPER | SILK SNAPPER
| LUTJANUS VIVANUS |
CHOBIE | TRIPLETAIL | LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS |
CHOCOLATE GROUPER | SNOWY GROUPER (Adult) | EPINEPHELUS NIVEATUS
|
CHOGSET | CUNNER | TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS |
CHOPPER | BLUEFISH | POMATOMUS SALTATRIX |
CHUB (North Atlantic) | MUMMICHOG | FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS |
CHUB | TAUTOG | TAUTOGA ONITIS |
CIGAR MINNOW | ROUND SCAD | DECAPTERUS PUNCTATUS |
COD | ATLANTIC COD | GADUS MORHUA |
CODFISH | ATLANTIC COD | GADUS MORHUA
|
CODFISH (VA) | SPOTTED HAKE | UROPHYCIS REGIA |
CODLET (VA) | SPOTTED HAKE | UROPHYCIS REGIA |
COLORFUL TILEFISH | TILEFISH | LOPHOLATILUS CHAMAELEONTICEPS |
COMMON GRUNT | WHITE GRUNT | HAEMULON PLUMIERI |
COMMON SKATE | LITTLE SKATE | RAJA ERINACEA |
COWS | DOLPHIN (Large Female) | CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
CRAB-EATER | COBIA | RACHYCENTRON CANADUM |
CREVALLA | JACK CREVALLE | CARANX HIPPOS |
CROAKER | ATLANTIC CROAKER | MICROPOGON UNDULATUS |
CROAKER (Chesapeake) | BLACK DRUM | POGONIAS CROMIS |
CUBAN HOGFISH | SPOTFIN HOGFISH |
BODIANUS PULCHELLUS |
CUBAN SNAPPER | CUBERA SNAPPER | LUTJANUS CYANOPTERUS |
CUDA | GREAT BARRACUDA | SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA |
DAYTONA RED SNAPPER | RED SNAPPER | LUTJANUS CAMPHECHANUS |
DODO | DOLPHIN |
CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
DOG BASS | RED DRUM (Large) | SCIAENOPS OCELLATA |
DOLPHINFISH | DOLPHIN | CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
DOORMAT | SUMMER FLOUNDER (Large)
| PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS |
DORADO | DOLPHIN | CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
DRUM | BLACK DRUM | POGONIAS CROMIS
|
EEL | AMERICAN EEL | ANGUILLA ROSTRATA |
FAIR MAID |
SCUP | STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS |
FALSE ALBACORE | LITTLE TUNNY | EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS |
FAT ALBERT (Mid-Atlantic) | LITTLE TUNNY | EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS |
FATBACK | ATLANTIC MENHADEN
| BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS |
FEATHER DOLPHIN | DOLPHIN (Small) | CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
FLANNELMOUTH GRUNT | TOMTATE | HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
|
FLATFISH | FLOUNDER (Any) | |
FLORIDA COD | SOUTHERN HAKE | UROPHYCIS FLORIDANA |
FLUKE | SUMMER FLOUNDER | PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS |
FOOTBALL | ATLANTIC BONITO | SARDA SARDA |
FOOTBALL TUNA | BLACKFIN TUNA | THUNNUS ATLANTICUS |
FOOTBALLFISH (Miscalled)
| BLACKFIN TUNA | THUNNUS ATLANTICUS |
FRESHWATER EEL | AMERICAN EEL | ANGUILLA ROSTRATA |
FROSTFISH | SILVER HAKE |
MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS |
FROSTFISH | ATLANTIC TOMCOD | MICROGADUS TOMCOD |
GAFFTOPSAIL POMPANO | PALOMETA | TRACHINOTUS GOODEI |
GASPERGOU (LA) | FRESHWATER DRUM | APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS |
GIANT SEABASS | JEWFISH | EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA |
GIANT SEABASS | WARSAW GROUPER | EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS |
GIANT TUNA | BLUEFIN TUNA | THUNNUS THYNNUS |
GLOBEFISH | NORTHERN PUFFER | SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS |
GOGGLE-EYES | BIGEYE SCAD | SELAR CRUMENOPHTHALMUS |
GOLDEN SHINER | ATLANTIC TARPON (Young) | TARPON ATLANTICA |
GOLDEN SPOT | SPOT (LARGE) | LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS |
GOLDEN-EYED SNAPPER | SILK SNAPPER | LUTJANUS VIVANUS |
GRASSHOPPERS |
DOLPHIN (Small) | CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS |
GRAY GROUPER | GAG GROUPER | MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS |
GRAY MULLET | STRIPED MULLET | MUGIL CEPHALUS |
GRAY SEATROUT | WEAKFISH | CYNOSCION REGALIS |
GRAY TROUT
| WEAKFISH | CYNOSCION REGALIS |
GRAY WEAKFISH | WEAKFISH | CYNOSCION REGALIS |
GREAT POMPANO | PERMIT |
TRACHINOTUS FALCATUS |
GREEN SEABASS | BLACK SEABASS | CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS |
GREEN TROUT | LARGEMOUTH BASS | MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES
|
GREY TILEFISH (Mid-Atlantic) | GREY TILEFISH | CAULOLATILUS MICROPS |
GROUND MULLET | KINGFISH (Any) | MENTICIRRHUS SPP. |
GRUNT | WHITE GRUNT | HAEMULON PLUMIERI |
GRUNT | PIGFISH | ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA |
HACKLEHEAD | SEAROBIN (Any) | TRIGLIDAE SPP. |
HARDHEAD | GAFFTOPSAIL CATFISH |
BAGRE MARINUS |
HARDHEAD | SEA CATFISH | ARIUS FELIS |
HARDHEAD (Chesapeake) | ATLANTIC CROAKER | MICROPOGON UNDULATUS |
HARDTAIL | BLUE RUNNER | CARANX CRYSOS |
HOG SNAPPER | HOGFISH | LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS |
HOGFISH (Miscalled)
| PIGFISH | ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA |
HORSE MACKEREL | BLUEFIN TUNA |
THUNNUS THYNNUS |
JACK | BLUE RUNNER | CARANX CRYSOS |
JACK | JACK CREVALLE | CARANX HIPPOS |
JACK HAMMER | GREATER AMBERJACK
| SERIOLA DUMMERILI |
JACK PERCH | YELLOW PERCH | PERCA FLAVESCENS |
JACKFISH | JACK CREVALLE | CARANX HIPPOS
|
JEWFISH (Miscalled) | WARSAW GROUPER | EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS |
JUMPING MULLET | STRIPED MULLET | MUGIL CEPHALUS |
|
KEY WEST GRUNT | WHITE GRUNT | HAEMULON PLUMIERI |
KING | KING MACKEREL | SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA |
KING WHITING | KINGFISH (Any) | MENTICIRRHUS SPP. |
KINGFISH (Miscalled) | KING MACKEREL | SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA |
KITTY MITCHELL | SPECKLED HIND | EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI |
LAFAYETTE | SPOT | LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS |
LEATHERJACKET (Miscalled) | GRAY TRIGGERFISH | BALISTES CAPRISCUS |
LEATHERNECK | GRAY TRIGGERFISH | BALISTES CAPRISCUS |
LEMON SOLE | WINTER FLOUNDER | PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS |
LEMONFISH (Eastern GULF) | COBIA | RACHYCENTRON CANADUM |
LEOPARD SHARK | TIGER SHARK | GALEOCERDO CUVIERI |
LINESIDES | STRIPED BASS | MORONE SAXATILIS |
LING (Gulf)
| COBIA | RACHYCENTRON CANADUM |
LING (Mid-Atlantic) | WHITE HAKE | UROPHYCIS TENUIS |
LING (Mid-Atlantic) | RED HAKE |
UROPHYCIS CHUSS |
LING COD | RED HAKE | UROPHYCIS CHUSS |
LONG BUTTER | BUTTERFISH | PEPRILUS TRIACANTHUS |
LONGFIN | ALBACORE TUNA | THUNNUS ALALUNGA |
LONGFIN POMPANO | PALOMETA | TRACHINOTUS GOODEI
|
LONGSPINE PORGY (Miscalled) | SCUP | STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS |
MACHETE | LADYFISH | ELOPS SAURUS |
MAHI-MAHI | DOLPHIN |