NORTHEASTERN US & CANADA FISH SPECIES REFERENCE

In all of REEF's materials, we use the standardized common names published by the American Fisheries Society.  Below are the fishes on REEF's Northeast scanform, with the common name that is listed on the form and the scientific name.  

Bass
Black Sea Bass - Centropristis striata
Striped Bass - Morone saxatilis

Blenny
Feather Blenny - Hypsoblennius hentzi
Seaweed Blenny - Parablennius marmoreus
Striped Blenny - Chasmodes bosquianus

Cod, Hake, and Cusk
Atlantic Cod - Gadus morhua
Cusk - Brosme brosme
Fourbeard Rockling - Enchelyopus cimbrius
Haddock - Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Pollock - Pollachius virens
Red Hake - Urophycis chuss
Silver Hake - Merluccius bilinearis
Spotted Hake - Urophycis regia
White Hake - Urophycis tenuis

Drum
Atlantic Croaker - Micropogonias undulatus
Black Drum - Pogonias cromis
Spot - Leiostomus xanthurus
Spotted Seatrout - Cynoscion nebulosus

Eel and Eel-Like Fishes
American Eel - Anguilla rostrata
Atlantic Wolffish - Anarhichas lupus
Artic Shanny - Stichaeus punctatus
Banded Gunnel - Pholis fasciata
Daubed Shanny - Lumpenus maculatus
Fawn Cusk Eel - Lepophidium cervinum
Northern Sand Lance - Ammodytes dubius
Ocean Pout - Macrozoarces americanus
Radiated Shanny - Ulvaria subbifurcata
Rock Gunnel - Pholis gunnellus
Snakeblenny - Lumpenus lumpretaeformis

Flatfish (Flounder, Sole, Tonguefish)
American Plaice - Hippoglossoides platessoides
Blackcheek Tonguefish - Symphurus plagiusa
Four Spot Flounder - Paralichthys oblongus
Hogchoker - Trinectes maculatus
Summer Flounder - Opisthonema oglinum
Windowpane Flounder - Scopthalmus aquosus
Winter Flounder - Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Witch Flounder - Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yellowtail Flounder - Limanda ferruginea

Herring
Alewife Herring - Alosa pseudoharengus
American Shad - Alosa sapidissima
Atlantic Herring - Clupea harengus
Atlantic Menhaden - Brevoortia tyrannus
Blueback Herring - Alosa aestivalis

Jack and Bluefish
Atlantic Mackerel - Scomber scombrus
Bluefish - Pomatomus saltatrix
Permit - Trachinotus falcatus

Killifish
Banded Killifish - Fundulus diaphanus
Mummichog - Fundulus heteroclitus
Sheepshead Minnow - Cyprinodon variegatus
Striped Killifish - Fundulus majalis

Perch
Silver Perch - Bairdiella chrysoura
White Perch - Morone americana

Salmon and Smelt
Atlantic Salmon - Salmo salar
Rainbow Smelt - Osmerus mordax

Sculpin, Searobin, and Redfish
Grubby Sculpin - Myoxocephalus aenaeus
Longhorn Sculpin - Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus
Northern Searobin - Prionotus carolinus
Redfish sp. - Sebastes sp.
Sea Raven - Hemitripterus americanus
Shorthorn Sculpin - Myoxocephalus scorpius

Sharks, Skates and Rays
Atlantic Torpedo - Torpedo nobiliana
Basking Shark - Cetorhinus maximus
Blue Shark - Prionace glauca
Bluntnose Stingray - Dasyatis sayi
Clearnose Skate - Raja eglanteria
Little Skate - Raja erinacea
Spiny Dogfish - Squalus acanthias
Thorny Skate - Raja radiata
Winter Skate - Raja ocellata

Wrasse
Cunner - Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tautog - Tautoga onitis

Other
Bay Anchovy - Anchoa mitchilli
Butterfish - Peprilus triacanthus
Goosefish - Lophius americanus
Atlantic Hagfish - Myxine glutinosa
Lumpfish - Cyclopterus lumpus
Atlantic Spiny Lumpsucker - Eumicrotremus spinosus
Northern Pipefish - Syngnathus fuscus
Northern Puffer - Sphoeroides maculatus
Atlantic Seasnail - Liparis atlanticus
Atlantic Silversides - Menidia menidia
Mola mola - Mola mola
Oyster Toadfish - Opsanus tau