Southeastern Atlantic Fish
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COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
American Eel | Anguilla rostrata |
Atlantic Bonito | Sarda sardaa |
Atlantic Bumper | Chloroscombrus chrysurus |
Atlantic Cutlassfish | Trichiurus lepturus |
Atlantic Mackerel | Scomber scombrus |
Atlantic Menhaden | Brevoortia tyrannus |
Ballyhoo | Hemiramphus brasiliensis |
Barbfish | Scorpaena brasiliensis |
Bermuda Chub | Kyphosus sectatrix |
Bigeye Scad | Selar crumenophthalmus |
Black Drum | Pogonias cromis |
Black Margate | Anisotremus surinamensis |
Black Sea Bass | Centropristis striata |
Blue Runner | Caranx crysos |
Blue Tang | Acanthurus coeruleus |
Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix |
Bluestriped Grunt | Haemulon sciurus |
Bonefish | Albula vulpes |
Cero | Scomberomorus regalis |
Chub Mackerel | Scomber japonicus |
Common Snook | Centropomus undecimalis |
Crevalle Jack | Caranx hippos |
Croaker | Micropogonias undulatus |
French Angelfish | Pomacanthus paru |
Frigate Mackerel | Auxis thazard |
Gag | Mycteroperca microlepis |
Grass Porgy | Calamus arctifrons |
Gray Snapper | Lutjanus griseus |
Great Barracuda | Sphyraena barracuda |
Gulf Menhaden | Brevoortia patronus |
Hogfish | Lachnolaimus maximus |
Honeycomb Cowfish | Lactophrys polygonia |
Inshore Lizardfish | Synodus foetens |
Jewfish | Epinephelus itajara |
Jolthead Porgy | Calamus bajonado |
King Mackerel | Scomberomorus cavalla |
Ladyfish | Elops saurus |
Lane Snapper | Lutjanus synagris |
Little Tunny | Euthynnus alletteratus |
Longspine Porgy | Stenotomus caprinus |
Lookdown | Selene vomer |
Margate | Haemulon album |
Moonfish | Selene setapinnis |
Mutton Snapper | Lutjanus analis |
Nurse Shark | Ginglymostoma cirratum |
Palometa | Trachinotus goodei |
Permit | Trachinotus falcatus |
Pigfish | Orthopristis chrysoptera |
Pinfish | Lagodon rhomboides |
Planehead Filefish | Monacanthus hispidus |
Plumed Scorpionfish | Scorpaena grandicornis |
Porcupinefish | Diodon hystrix |
Porkfish | Anisotremus virginicus |
Queen Snapper | Etelis oculatus |
Queen Triggerfish | Balistes vetula |
Red Drum | Sciaenops ocellatus |
Red Grouper | Epinephelus morio |
Red Porgy | Pagrus pagrus |
Red Snapper | Lutjanus campechanus |
Rock Hind | Epinephelus adscensionis |
Sailfin Blenny | Emblemaria pandionis |
Sailors Choice | Haemulon parra |
Sand Perch | Diplectrum formosum |
Sand Whiff | Citharichthys arenaceus |
Saucereye Porgy | Calamus calamus |
Schoolmaster | Lutjanus apodus |
Scup | Stenotomus chrysops |
Sergeant Major | Abudefduf saxatilis |
Sheepshead | Archosargus probatocephalus |
Sheepshead Porgy | Calamus penna |
Silverstripe Halfbeak | Hyporhamphus unifasciatus |
Skipjack Tuna | Katsuwonus pelamis |
Smallmouth Grunt | Haemulon chrysargyreum |
Smalltooth Sawfish | Pristis pectinata |
Smooth Dogfish | Mustelus canis |
Smooth Puffer | Lagocephalus laevigatus |
Smooth Trunkfish | Lactophrys triqueter |
Southern Flounder | Paralichthys lethostigma |
Spanish Mackerel | Scomberomorus maculatus |
Spot | Leiostomus xanthurus |
Spottail Pinfish | Diplodus holbrooki |
Spotted Seatrout | Cynoscion nebulosus |
Striped Burrfish | Chilomycterus schoepfi |
Striped Mullet | Mugil cephalus |
Surf Eel | Ichthyapus ophioneus |
Tarpon | Megalops atlanticus |
Tomtate | Haemulon aurolineatum |
Tripletail | Lobotes surinamensi |
Trumpetfish | Aulostomus maculatus |
Vermilion Snapper | Rhomboplites aurorubens |
Warsaw Grouper | Epinephelus nigritus |
White Grunt | Haemulon plumieri |
White Mullet | Mugil curema |
White-Eye Goby | Bollmannia boqueronensis |
Whiting | Menticirrhus americanus |
Yellowtail Snapper | Lutjanus chrysurus |