Marine

Northern Anchovy

Engraulis mordax

Anchovies are silvery fish that look like miniature herring. They have an overhanging snout and long …

Opaleye

Girella nigricans

The body is oval and compressed, the snout is thick and has a uniformly rounded profile, …

Shark, Blacktip

Carcharhinus limbatus

Dark bluish-gray on the back and whitish underneath, with a distinctive silvery-white stripe on each side. …

Shark, Bonnethead

Sphyrna tiburo

The bonnethead shark is characterized by the presence of eyes located at the far ends of …

Shark, Bull

Carcharhinus leucas

The Bull shark gets its name from its bull-like head and is known for its heavy …

Shark, Lemon

Negaprion brevirostris

It is usually yellow-brown, but can also be a dirty dark brown or dark gray with …

Shark, Leopard

Triakis semifasciata

The leopard shark is a striking fish, so named for its leopard-like black spots that run …

Shark, Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

The porbeagle has a strong, cobalt blue body with a perfectly conical snout ending in a …

Shark, Sand Tiger

Carcharias taurus

It has a grayish-brown or tan coloration, with dark brown spots on the sides that increase …

Shark, Sandbar

Carcharhinus Plumbeus

A relatively heavy fish, it has a dark bluish-gray or brownish-gray color and a pale or …

Shark, White

Carcharodon carcharias

The white shark has a strong, heavy body that can be a dull slate-blue, grayish-brown, or …

Sharks, Hammerhead

Sphyrna species

Hammerheads are easy to identify, even for the beginner: the eyes are located at the ends …

Sharks, Sharpnose

Rhizoprionodon species

It has a characteristic long and flattened snout and a slender brown to olive-gray body with …

Silversides

Leuresthes tenuis

All fish lack a lateral line and have small, almost useless teeth. The pelvic fins are …

Smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

Like salmon and trout, the smelt has a spiny adipose fin just in front of the …

Smelt, Rainbow

Osmerus mordax

A slender, silvery fish with a pale green or olive green back. When fresh, the sides …

Snapper, Cubera

Lutjanus cyanopterus

The body is elongated, short. Mouth with large lips. Both jaws have fang-like teeth. The teeth …

Snapper, Mutton

Lutjanus analis

Body is moderately high. Head is pointed. There are fang-like teeth on both jaws. There are …

Snapper, Pacific Cubera

Lutjanus novemfasciatus

Juveniles are purplish-brown with a light spot in the center of each scale, while adults and …

Snook, Common

Centropomus undecimalis

A silvery fish with a yellow-green or olive hue, it has a streamlined and slender body …

Spot

Leiostomus xanthurus

The spot body is short, tall, and compressed, and the tail is slightly forked. The dorsum …

Tautog

Tautoga onitis

Blunt-nosed and thick-lipped, has high forehead and heavy body. The back and sides are brownish, lighter …

Titan triggerfish

Balistoides viridescens

They get their name from the fixation mechanism used to hold the dorsal spine in place. …

Tomcod, Atlantic

Microgadus tomcod

Characteristic of the cod family, the Atlantic tomcod has three dorsal and two anal fins, which …