Saltwater North American Fishes

Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma cirratum (nurse shark)
Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus leucas (bull shark) Image1613
Carcharhinus limbatus (blacktip shark)
Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sabina (Atlantic stingray pup)
Elopidae
Elops saurus (lady fish)
Megalops atlanticus (tarpon)
Anguillidae
Anguilla rostrata (American eel) Image974

Engraulidae
Anchoa mitchilli (bay anchovy)
Clupeidae
Brevoortia patronus (gulf menhaden)
Dorosoma petenense (threadfin shad)
Harengula jaguana (scaled sardine)
Ariidae
Bagre marinus (gafftopsail catfish)
Arius felis (hardhead catfish)
Synodontidae
Synodus foetens (inshore lizardfish)
Batrachoididae
Porichthys plectrodon (Atlantic midshipman) Image1502
Opsanus beta (Gulf toadfish)
Antennariidae
Histrio histrio (Sargassumfish) Image1621
Mugilidae
Mugil cephalus (striped mullet, juvenile)
Mugil curema (white mullet)
Atherinidae
Membras martinica (rough silverside)
Menidia peninsulae (tidewater silverside)
Belonidae
Strongylura marina (Atlantic needlefish)
Hemiramphidae
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (halfbeak juvenile)
Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinodon variegatus (sheepshead minnow)
Fundulus confluentus (marsh killifish)
Fundulus grandis (gulf killifish)
Fundulus similis (longnose killifish)
Syngnathidae
Syngnathus louisianae (chain pipefish)
Syngnathus scovelli (Gulf pipefish male & female)
Scorpaenidae
Scorpaena plumieri (spotted scorpionfish)
Centropomidae
Centropomus parallelus (fat snook)
Centropomus undecimalis (common snook)
Serranidae
Epinephelus itajara (jewfish)
Diplectrum bivittatum (dwarf sand perch)
Pomacentridae
Abudefduf saxatilis (sergeant major)
Labridae
Halichoeres bivittatus (slippery dick) Image1533
Labrisomidae
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (hairy blenny) Image1539
Blenniidae
Scartella cristata (molly miller) Image1538
Gobiidae
Bathygobius soporator (frillfin goby)
Gobionellus boleosoma (darter goby)
Gobiosoma bosci (naked goby)
Gobionellus oceanicus (highfin goby) Image1461
Gobiosoma robustum (code goby)
Microgobius gulosus (clown goby)
Ephippidae
Chaetodipterus faber (spadefish)
Trichiuridae
Trichiurus lepturus (Atlantic cutlassfish)
Priacanthidae
Pristigenys alta (short bigeye) Image1551
Rachycentridae
Rachycentron canadum (cobia)
Carangidae
Caranx hippos (crevelle jack)
Trachinotus carolinus (Florida pompano)
Selene vomer (lookdown)
Lutjanidae
Lutjanus analis (mutton snapper juvenile) Image1531
Lutjanus griseus (gray snapper)
Lobtidae
Labotes surinamensis (tripletail)
Sciaenidae
Bairdiella chrysoura (silver perch)
Carcharhinus leucas (spotted sea trout)
Cynoscion arenarius (sand seatrout)
Leiostomus xanthurus (spot)
Menticirrhus americanus (southern kingfish)
Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker)
Pogonias cromis (black drum)
Sciaenops ocellatus (red drum)
Sparidae
Lagodon rhomboides (pinfish)
Archosaigus probatocephalus (sheepshead)
Gerreidae
Diapterus olisthostomus (Irish pompano)
Eucinostomus argenteus (spotfin mojarra)
Gerres cinereus (yellowfin mojarra)
Haemulidae
Othopristis chrysoptema (pigfish)
Bothidae
Citharichthys spilopterus (bay whiff)
Paralichthys lethostigma (southern flounder)
Bothus robinsi (spottail flounder juvenile)
Paralichthys albigutta (Gulf flounder)
Ancylopsetta quadrocellata (ocellated flounder)
Soleidae
Trinectes maculatus (hogchoker) Image915
Achirus lineatus (lined sole)
Cynoglossidae
Symphurus plagiusa (blackcheek tonguefish)
Diodontidae
Chilomycterus schoepfi (striped burrfish)
Monacanthidae
Aluterus schoepfi (orange filefish)
Aluterus scriptus (scrawled filefish)
Monacanthus hispidus (planehead filefish) Image1634
Tetraodontidae

Sphoeroides parvus (least puffer)

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