ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST LOCAL NAMES
(sorted by local name)
(AL = Alabama area)
(GOM = Gulf of Mexico wide)
(mis = Mississippi area)
LOCAL NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
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AJ (AL) Greater Amberjack SERIOLA DUMERILI
Albert Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Albino Jack (AL) Banded Rudderfish SERIOLA ZONATA
Alewife (GOM/mis) Gulf Menhaden BREVOORTIA PATRONUS
All-Mouth Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Amberines (AL) Banded Rudderfish SERIOLA ZONATA
Amberjack Greater Amberjack SERIOLA DUMMERILI
American Red Snapper Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
American Snapper Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Angelfish (mis) Atlantic Spadefish CHAETODIPTERUS FABER
Anglerfish Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Arctic Bonito Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Banana Fish Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Bar Drum Black Drum POGONIAS CROMIS
Barracuda Great Barracuda SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA
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
Black Bass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Black Dogfish (mis) Gulf Toadfish OPSANUS BETA
Black Flounder Winter Flounder PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Black Grouper (mis) Gag Grouper MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS
Black Grouper (mis) 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 PLUERONECTES AMERICANUS
Blackfin Grouper Black Grouper MYCTEROPERCA BONACI
Blackfish Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Blackfish Tripletail LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Blackfish Rock Seabass CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Blackfish (Mid-Atl & CT) Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Blackjack (AL) Almaco Jack SERIOLA RIVOLIANA
Blackwill Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
B-Liner Vermilion Snapper RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Blood Mouth Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Blow Toad Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Blowfish Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Blue Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Blue-Nosed Perch White Perch MORONE AMERICANA
Blueperch Cunner TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Bobo (AL) Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Bonito Atlantic Bonito SARDA SARDA
Bonito (mis) Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Bonito (AL/mis) Yellowfin Tuna (Small) THUNNUS ALBACARES
Boston Bluefish Pollock POLLACHIUS VIRENS
Boston Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel SCOMBER SCOMBRUS
Bream Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Brill Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Brown Shark Sandbar Shark CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS
Bull Croaker Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS
Bull Red (AL) Red Drum (Large) SCIANOPS OCELLATUS
Bulls Dolphin (Largemale) CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Bunker Atlantic Menhaden BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Buoy Tender Tripletail LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Buoyfish Tripletail LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Burglar Fish Cunner TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Butterfish (GOM/mis) Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Butterfish (VA/mis) Scup STENOTOMUS CRYSOPS
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 (mis) 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 Dolphin (AL) Dolphinfish (Small) CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
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 Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Chub (N. Atl) Mummichog FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
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 Cruncher (AL) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Crab-Eater Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Crazyfish (AL) Atlantic Bumper CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS
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
Dog Bass Red Drum (Large) SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Donkeys (AL) Sheepshead ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS
Doormat Summer Flounder PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Dorado Dolphin CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Drum Black Drum POGONIAS CROMIS
Eel American Eel ANGUILLA ROSTRATA
Eel Sucker (AL) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Fair Maid Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
False Albacore 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 (mis) 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
Galvanized Snapper (AL) Whitebone Porgy CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
Gaspergou (LA) Freshwater Drum APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS
Giant Seabass Jewfish EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Giant Seabass Warsaw Grouper EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Globefish Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Goggle-Eyes Bigeye Scad SELAR CRUMENOPHTHALMUS
Golden Shiner Atlantic Tarpon-Young ATLANTICUS MEGALOPS
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
Ground Mullet Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Grunt White Grunt HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Grunt Pigfish ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Hacklehead Searobin (Any) TRIGLIDAE SPP.
Hake (AL/mis) Bearded Brotula BROTULA BARBATA
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 (mis) Pigfish ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
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 (mis) Warsaw Grouper EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Jewfish (AL/mis) Goliath Grouper EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
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 (mis) King Mackerel SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Kitty Mitchell Speckled Hind EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI
Lafayette Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Leatherjacket (mis) Gray Triggerfish BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Leatherneck Gray Triggerfish BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Lemon Sole Winter Flounder PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Lemonfish (East GOM) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Leopard Shark Tiger Shark GALEOCERDO CUVIERI
Linesides Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Ling (GOM) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Ling (Mid-Atl) White Hake UROPHYCIS TENUIS
Ling (Mid-Atl) Red Hake UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Ling Cod Red Hake UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Longfin Pompano Palometa TRACHINOTUS GOODEI
Longspine Porgy (mis) Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Machete Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Mango Snapper Gray Snapper LUTJANUS GRISEUS
Mangrove Snapper Gray Snapper LUTJANUS GRISEUS
Mashwadan (LA) Sea Catfish ARIUS FELIS
Mingo Snapper Vermillion Snapper RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Minkfish (GOM) Northern Kingfish MENTICIRRHUS SAXATILIS
Monkfish Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Moon Fish Atlantic Spadefish CHAETODIPTERUS FABER
Mossbunker Atlantic Menhaden BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Mother-In-Law Fish (N. Atl) Red Raven HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS
Mud Shad (AL) Gizzard Shad DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM
Muddab Winter Flounder PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Mules Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Mullet (mis) Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Mutton Snapper (mis) Vermilion Snapper RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Muttonfish Mutton Snapper LUTJANUS ANALIS
Nelly Hunt Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Night Sergeant Sergeant Taurus ABUDEFDUF TAURUS
Norfolk Spot Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Northern Fluke Summer Flounder PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Northern Mackerel (GOM) Atlantic Bonito SARDA SARDA
Ocean Perch Golden Redfish SEBASTES MARINUS
Oceanic Bonita Skipjack Tuna KAYSUWONUS PELAMIS
Ocean-View Spot Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Oyster Cracker Oyster Toadfish OPSANUS TAU
Pearlbelly (AL) Red Snapper (X-Large) LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Perch (mis) Cunner TAUTOGOLABUS ADSPERSUS
Phantom Bonefish ALBULA VULPES
Pigfish (mis) Hogfish LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS
Pilot Whales Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Pinbass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Pinhead Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Pink Porgy Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Pinky Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Plaice Summer Flounder PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Pogy Menhaden (Any) BREVOORTIA SPP.
Pompano Florida Pompano TRACHINOTUS CAROLINUS
Pompano Pompano Dolphin CORYPHAENA EQUISETIS
Pompey Drum Black Drum (Young) POGONIAS CROMIS
Popeye Striped Mullet MUGIL CEPHALUS
Porgy (North Of Del Bay) Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Puffer Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Puppy Drum Black Drum (Young) POGONIAS CROMIS
Puppy Drum Red Drum (Small) SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Rabbitfish Smooth Puffer LAGOCEPHALUS LAEVIGATUS
Racing Snapper (AL) Lane Snapper LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Rat Reds (AL) Red Drum SCIANOPS OCELLATUS
Rats Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Red Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Red Horse Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Red Mouth Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Red Mouth Grunt White Grunt HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Red Porgy (mis) Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Redfish Golden Redfish SEBASTES MARINUS
Redfish (FL & GOM) Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Redtail Snapper Lane Snapper LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Reef Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Ringed Perch Yellow Perch PERCA FLAVESCENS
Rock (Chesapeake & North) Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Rock Bass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Rock Bass Rock Seabass CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Rock Salmon Almaco Jack SERIOLA RIVOLIANA
Rock Salmon Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Rock Salmon (AL) Banded Rudderfish SERIOLA ZONATA
Rock Squirrel Bank Seabass CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Rockfish (mis) Bank Seabass CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Rockfish (mis) Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Rose Porgy Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Rosefish Golden Redfish SEBASTES MARINUS
Round Pompano Permit (Small) TRACHINOTUS FALCATUS
Roundhead Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Ruby Lips (AL) Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Ruby Red Lips (E. GOM) White Grunt HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Ruby Red Lips (N. GOM) Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Rum Jugs Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Runner Blue Runner CARANX CRYSOS
Sail Cat Gafftopsail Catfish BAGRE MARINUS
Sailfish Atlantic Sailfish ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS
Sailors Choice (mis) Pigfish ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Salmon Trout Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Saltwater Bream Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Saltwater Pike Snook CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS
Sand Dab Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sand Eel American Sand Lance AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS
Sand Flounder Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sand Mullet Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Sand Perch (mis) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Sand Shark (GOM, juv) Dusky Shark CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS
Sand Shark (NY & North) Spiny Dogfish SQUALIS ACANTHIAS
Sand Trout Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
School Bass Red Drum (Small) SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Sea Bass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Sea Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Sea Bass Rock Seabass CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Sea Cat Sea Catfish ARIUS FELIS
Sea Eel Conger Eel CONGER OCEANICUS
Sea Flounder Winter Flounder PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Sea Mullet (NC) Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP
Sea Squab Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Sea Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Sergeant Fish Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Sheephead Sheepshead ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS
Shiner (N. Atl) Tidewater Silverside MENIDIA BERYLLINA
Shiner (S. Atl/GOM) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Sierra Spanish Mackerel SCOMBEROMORUS MACULATUS
Silky Snapper Silk Snapper LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Silver Ghost Bonefish ALBULA VULPES
Silver King Atlantic Tarpon TARPON ATLANTICA
Silver Mullet (AL) White Mullet MUGIL CUREMA
Silver Perch (mis) White Perch MORONE AMERICANA
Silver Snapper (mis) Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Silver Snapper (mis) Whitebone Porgy CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
Silver Squeteague Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Silver Whiting Gulf Kingfish MENTICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Silverfish Silver Hake MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Skilletfish (mis) Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Skipjack Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Skipjack Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Skipjack Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Slammer Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Slime Eel Atlantic Hagfish MYINIE GLUTINOSA
Slimer Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Slippery Bass Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Smokers King Mackerel (Large) SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Snakes King Mackerel (Small) SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Snapper (mis) Bluefish (Small) POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Snowshoes Winter Flounder PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Sow Snappers Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Speck Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Speedo (AL) Blue Runner (Small) CARANX CRYSOS
Sperling/Spurling (NE) Atlantic Silverside MENIDIA MENIDIA
Spinner Shark (mis) Blacktip Shark CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS
Spot Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Spot Snapper Lane Snapper LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Spot Snappers Red Snapper (Small) LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Spottail Bass (SC & GA) Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Spotted Flounder Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Spotted Grouper Jewfish EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Spotted Jewfish Jewfish EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Spotted Weakfish Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Sprat Atlantic Tarpon MEGALOPS ATLANTICA
Squeteague (N. Atl) Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Squirrel Hake Red Hake UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Squirrelfish (Fl/mis) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Squirrelfish (mis) Bank Seabass CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Squirrelfish (mis) Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Squirrelfish (N. GOM) Sand Perch DIPLECTRUM FORMOSUM
Stiff-Back Perch White Perch MORONE AMERICANA
Strawberry Grouper Speckled Hind EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI
Strawberry Porgy Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Striped Bonito (mis) Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Striped Perch Yellow Perch PERCA FLAVESCENS
Striper Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Sugar Toad Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Sugar Trout (GOM) Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Sugar Trout (S. Atl) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Summer Skate Little Skate RAJA ERINACEA
Summer Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Sundial Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sunshine Bass Hybrid Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS x M.CHRYSOPS
Sweetfish (AL) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSOURA
Swell Toad Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Swellfish Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Taly Grey Triggerfish BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Taylor Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Tenpounder Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Tinker Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel(Small) SCOMBER SCOMBRUS
Tommy Cod Atlantic Tomcod MICROGADUS TOMCOD
Top Cat Gafftopsail Catfish BAGRE MARINUS
Toro Jack Crevalle CARANX HIPPOS
Trout Seatrout (Any) CYNOSCION SPP.
Warsaw Warsaw Grouper EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Watermelon Tuna Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Weakfish (LA/mis) Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Weakie Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Weakmouth Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
White Bait Scaled Sardine HARENGULA PENSACOLAE
White Chin Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
White Perch (mis) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
White Rock Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
White Sand Perch Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
White Shad American Shad ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA
White Snapper Gray Snapper LUTJANUS GRISEUS
White Snapper Whitebone Porgy CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
White Snapper (AL) Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
White Trout Sand Seatrout CYNOSCION ARENARIUS
White Trout Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Whiting (AL) Gulf Kingfish MENICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Whiting (N. Of Del Bay) Silver Hake MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Whiting (S. Of Del Bay) Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Winter Trout (S. Atl) Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Yellow Mouth Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Yellow-Eyed Snapper Silk Snapper LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Yellowfin Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Yellowfin Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Yellowtail Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Yellowtail Yellow Jack CARANX BARTHOLOMAEI
Yellowtail Yellowtail Snapper OCYURUS CHRYSURUS
Yellowtail Jack Jack Crevalle CARANX HIPPOS
Yodeling Trout Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
SOURCE: NOAA
(sorted by local name)
(AL = Alabama area)
(GOM = Gulf of Mexico wide)
(mis = Mississippi area)
LOCAL NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
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AJ (AL) Greater Amberjack SERIOLA DUMERILI
Albert Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Albino Jack (AL) Banded Rudderfish SERIOLA ZONATA
Alewife (GOM/mis) Gulf Menhaden BREVOORTIA PATRONUS
All-Mouth Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Amberines (AL) Banded Rudderfish SERIOLA ZONATA
Amberjack Greater Amberjack SERIOLA DUMMERILI
American Red Snapper Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
American Snapper Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Angelfish (mis) Atlantic Spadefish CHAETODIPTERUS FABER
Anglerfish Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Arctic Bonito Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Banana Fish Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Bar Drum Black Drum POGONIAS CROMIS
Barracuda Great Barracuda SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA
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
Black Bass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Black Dogfish (mis) Gulf Toadfish OPSANUS BETA
Black Flounder Winter Flounder PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Black Grouper (mis) Gag Grouper MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS
Black Grouper (mis) 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 PLUERONECTES AMERICANUS
Blackfin Grouper Black Grouper MYCTEROPERCA BONACI
Blackfish Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Blackfish Tripletail LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Blackfish Rock Seabass CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Blackfish (Mid-Atl & CT) Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Blackjack (AL) Almaco Jack SERIOLA RIVOLIANA
Blackwill Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
B-Liner Vermilion Snapper RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Blood Mouth Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Blow Toad Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Blowfish Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Blue Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Blue-Nosed Perch White Perch MORONE AMERICANA
Blueperch Cunner TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Bobo (AL) Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Bonito Atlantic Bonito SARDA SARDA
Bonito (mis) Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Bonito (AL/mis) Yellowfin Tuna (Small) THUNNUS ALBACARES
Boston Bluefish Pollock POLLACHIUS VIRENS
Boston Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel SCOMBER SCOMBRUS
Bream Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Brill Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Brown Shark Sandbar Shark CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS
Bull Croaker Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS
Bull Red (AL) Red Drum (Large) SCIANOPS OCELLATUS
Bulls Dolphin (Largemale) CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Bunker Atlantic Menhaden BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Buoy Tender Tripletail LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Buoyfish Tripletail LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Burglar Fish Cunner TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Butterfish (GOM/mis) Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Butterfish (VA/mis) Scup STENOTOMUS CRYSOPS
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 (mis) 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 Dolphin (AL) Dolphinfish (Small) CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
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 Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Chub (N. Atl) Mummichog FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
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 Cruncher (AL) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Crab-Eater Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Crazyfish (AL) Atlantic Bumper CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS
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
Dog Bass Red Drum (Large) SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Donkeys (AL) Sheepshead ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS
Doormat Summer Flounder PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Dorado Dolphin CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Drum Black Drum POGONIAS CROMIS
Eel American Eel ANGUILLA ROSTRATA
Eel Sucker (AL) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Fair Maid Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
False Albacore 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 (mis) 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
Galvanized Snapper (AL) Whitebone Porgy CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
Gaspergou (LA) Freshwater Drum APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS
Giant Seabass Jewfish EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Giant Seabass Warsaw Grouper EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Globefish Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Goggle-Eyes Bigeye Scad SELAR CRUMENOPHTHALMUS
Golden Shiner Atlantic Tarpon-Young ATLANTICUS MEGALOPS
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
Ground Mullet Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Grunt White Grunt HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Grunt Pigfish ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Hacklehead Searobin (Any) TRIGLIDAE SPP.
Hake (AL/mis) Bearded Brotula BROTULA BARBATA
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 (mis) Pigfish ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
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 (mis) Warsaw Grouper EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Jewfish (AL/mis) Goliath Grouper EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
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 (mis) King Mackerel SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Kitty Mitchell Speckled Hind EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI
Lafayette Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Leatherjacket (mis) Gray Triggerfish BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Leatherneck Gray Triggerfish BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Lemon Sole Winter Flounder PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Lemonfish (East GOM) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Leopard Shark Tiger Shark GALEOCERDO CUVIERI
Linesides Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Ling (GOM) Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Ling (Mid-Atl) White Hake UROPHYCIS TENUIS
Ling (Mid-Atl) Red Hake UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Ling Cod Red Hake UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Longfin Pompano Palometa TRACHINOTUS GOODEI
Longspine Porgy (mis) Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Machete Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Mango Snapper Gray Snapper LUTJANUS GRISEUS
Mangrove Snapper Gray Snapper LUTJANUS GRISEUS
Mashwadan (LA) Sea Catfish ARIUS FELIS
Mingo Snapper Vermillion Snapper RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Minkfish (GOM) Northern Kingfish MENTICIRRHUS SAXATILIS
Monkfish Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Moon Fish Atlantic Spadefish CHAETODIPTERUS FABER
Mossbunker Atlantic Menhaden BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Mother-In-Law Fish (N. Atl) Red Raven HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS
Mud Shad (AL) Gizzard Shad DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM
Muddab Winter Flounder PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Mules Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Mullet (mis) Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Mutton Snapper (mis) Vermilion Snapper RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Muttonfish Mutton Snapper LUTJANUS ANALIS
Nelly Hunt Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Night Sergeant Sergeant Taurus ABUDEFDUF TAURUS
Norfolk Spot Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Northern Fluke Summer Flounder PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Northern Mackerel (GOM) Atlantic Bonito SARDA SARDA
Ocean Perch Golden Redfish SEBASTES MARINUS
Oceanic Bonita Skipjack Tuna KAYSUWONUS PELAMIS
Ocean-View Spot Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Oyster Cracker Oyster Toadfish OPSANUS TAU
Pearlbelly (AL) Red Snapper (X-Large) LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Perch (mis) Cunner TAUTOGOLABUS ADSPERSUS
Phantom Bonefish ALBULA VULPES
Pigfish (mis) Hogfish LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS
Pilot Whales Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Pinbass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Pinhead Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Pink Porgy Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Pinky Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Plaice Summer Flounder PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Pogy Menhaden (Any) BREVOORTIA SPP.
Pompano Florida Pompano TRACHINOTUS CAROLINUS
Pompano Pompano Dolphin CORYPHAENA EQUISETIS
Pompey Drum Black Drum (Young) POGONIAS CROMIS
Popeye Striped Mullet MUGIL CEPHALUS
Porgy (North Of Del Bay) Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Puffer Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Puppy Drum Black Drum (Young) POGONIAS CROMIS
Puppy Drum Red Drum (Small) SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Rabbitfish Smooth Puffer LAGOCEPHALUS LAEVIGATUS
Racing Snapper (AL) Lane Snapper LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Rat Reds (AL) Red Drum SCIANOPS OCELLATUS
Rats Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Red Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Red Horse Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Red Mouth Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Red Mouth Grunt White Grunt HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Red Porgy (mis) Scup STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Redfish Golden Redfish SEBASTES MARINUS
Redfish (FL & GOM) Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Redtail Snapper Lane Snapper LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Reef Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Ringed Perch Yellow Perch PERCA FLAVESCENS
Rock (Chesapeake & North) Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Rock Bass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Rock Bass Rock Seabass CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Rock Salmon Almaco Jack SERIOLA RIVOLIANA
Rock Salmon Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Rock Salmon (AL) Banded Rudderfish SERIOLA ZONATA
Rock Squirrel Bank Seabass CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Rockfish (mis) Bank Seabass CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Rockfish (mis) Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Rose Porgy Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Rosefish Golden Redfish SEBASTES MARINUS
Round Pompano Permit (Small) TRACHINOTUS FALCATUS
Roundhead Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Ruby Lips (AL) Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Ruby Red Lips (E. GOM) White Grunt HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Ruby Red Lips (N. GOM) Tomtate HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Rum Jugs Little Tunny EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Runner Blue Runner CARANX CRYSOS
Sail Cat Gafftopsail Catfish BAGRE MARINUS
Sailfish Atlantic Sailfish ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS
Sailors Choice (mis) Pigfish ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Salmon Trout Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Saltwater Bream Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Saltwater Pike Snook CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS
Sand Dab Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sand Eel American Sand Lance AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS
Sand Flounder Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sand Mullet Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Sand Perch (mis) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Sand Shark (GOM, juv) Dusky Shark CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS
Sand Shark (NY & North) Spiny Dogfish SQUALIS ACANTHIAS
Sand Trout Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
School Bass Red Drum (Small) SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Sea Bass Black Seabass CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Sea Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Sea Bass Rock Seabass CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Sea Cat Sea Catfish ARIUS FELIS
Sea Eel Conger Eel CONGER OCEANICUS
Sea Flounder Winter Flounder PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Sea Mullet (NC) Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP
Sea Squab Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Sea Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Sergeant Fish Cobia RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Sheephead Sheepshead ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS
Shiner (N. Atl) Tidewater Silverside MENIDIA BERYLLINA
Shiner (S. Atl/GOM) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Sierra Spanish Mackerel SCOMBEROMORUS MACULATUS
Silky Snapper Silk Snapper LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Silver Ghost Bonefish ALBULA VULPES
Silver King Atlantic Tarpon TARPON ATLANTICA
Silver Mullet (AL) White Mullet MUGIL CUREMA
Silver Perch (mis) White Perch MORONE AMERICANA
Silver Snapper (mis) Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Silver Snapper (mis) Whitebone Porgy CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
Silver Squeteague Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Silver Whiting Gulf Kingfish MENTICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Silverfish Silver Hake MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Skilletfish (mis) Goosefish LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Skipjack Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Skipjack Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Skipjack Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Slammer Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Slime Eel Atlantic Hagfish MYINIE GLUTINOSA
Slimer Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Slippery Bass Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
Smokers King Mackerel (Large) SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Snakes King Mackerel (Small) SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Snapper (mis) Bluefish (Small) POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Snowshoes Winter Flounder PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Sow Snappers Red Snapper LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Speck Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Speedo (AL) Blue Runner (Small) CARANX CRYSOS
Sperling/Spurling (NE) Atlantic Silverside MENIDIA MENIDIA
Spinner Shark (mis) Blacktip Shark CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS
Spot Bass Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Spot Snapper Lane Snapper LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Spot Snappers Red Snapper (Small) LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Spottail Bass (SC & GA) Red Drum SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Spotted Flounder Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Spotted Grouper Jewfish EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Spotted Jewfish Jewfish EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Spotted Weakfish Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Sprat Atlantic Tarpon MEGALOPS ATLANTICA
Squeteague (N. Atl) Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Squirrel Hake Red Hake UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Squirrelfish (Fl/mis) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Squirrelfish (mis) Bank Seabass CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Squirrelfish (mis) Pinfish LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Squirrelfish (N. GOM) Sand Perch DIPLECTRUM FORMOSUM
Stiff-Back Perch White Perch MORONE AMERICANA
Strawberry Grouper Speckled Hind EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI
Strawberry Porgy Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
Striped Bonito (mis) Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Striped Perch Yellow Perch PERCA FLAVESCENS
Striper Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
Sugar Toad Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Sugar Trout (GOM) Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Sugar Trout (S. Atl) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Summer Skate Little Skate RAJA ERINACEA
Summer Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Sundial Windowpane SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sunshine Bass Hybrid Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS x M.CHRYSOPS
Sweetfish (AL) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSOURA
Swell Toad Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Swellfish Northern Puffer SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Taly Grey Triggerfish BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Taylor Bluefish POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Tenpounder Ladyfish ELOPS SAURUS
Tinker Mackerel Atlantic Mackerel(Small) SCOMBER SCOMBRUS
Tommy Cod Atlantic Tomcod MICROGADUS TOMCOD
Top Cat Gafftopsail Catfish BAGRE MARINUS
Toro Jack Crevalle CARANX HIPPOS
Trout Seatrout (Any) CYNOSCION SPP.
Warsaw Warsaw Grouper EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Watermelon Tuna Skipjack Tuna KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Weakfish (LA/mis) Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Weakie Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Weakmouth Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
White Bait Scaled Sardine HARENGULA PENSACOLAE
White Chin Tautog TAUTOGA ONITIS
White Perch (mis) Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
White Rock Striped Bass MORONE SAXATILIS
White Sand Perch Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
White Shad American Shad ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA
White Snapper Gray Snapper LUTJANUS GRISEUS
White Snapper Whitebone Porgy CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
White Snapper (AL) Red Porgy PAGRUS PAGRUS
White Trout Sand Seatrout CYNOSCION ARENARIUS
White Trout Silver Seatrout CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Whiting (AL) Gulf Kingfish MENICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Whiting (N. Of Del Bay) Silver Hake MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Whiting (S. Of Del Bay) Kingfish (Any) MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Winter Trout (S. Atl) Spotted Seatrout CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Yellow Mouth Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Yellow-Eyed Snapper Silk Snapper LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Yellowfin Spot LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Yellowfin Trout Weakfish CYNOSCION REGALIS
Yellowtail Silver Perch BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Yellowtail Yellow Jack CARANX BARTHOLOMAEI
Yellowtail Yellowtail Snapper OCYURUS CHRYSURUS
Yellowtail Jack Jack Crevalle CARANX HIPPOS
Yodeling Trout Atlantic Croaker MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
SOURCE: NOAA
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