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Fishes of the Salish Sea
This list was created in 2015 as part of "Fishes of the Salish Sea: a compilation and distributional analysis" by Theodore W. Pietsch and James W. Orr with support from the SeaDoc Society. Learn more and download the full report.
Citation: Pietsch, Theodore W., and James W. Orr. (2015). Fishes of the Salish Sea: a compilation and distributional analysis. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 18, 106 p. doi:10.7755/PP.18
Displaying 1 - 100 of 256 matching species:
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American Shad
(Alosa sapidissima) -
Arrow Goby
(Clevelandia ios) -
Arrowtooth Flounder
(Atheresthes stomias) -
Atlantic Salmon
(Salmo salar) -
Basking Shark
(Cetorhinus maximus) -
Bay Goby
(Lepidogobius lepidus) -
Bay Pipefish
(Syngnathus leptorhynchus) -
Bering eelpout
(Lycodes beringi) -
Big Skate
(Raja binoculata) -
Bigeye Poacher
(Bathyagonus pentacanthus) -
Bigfin eelpout
(Lycodes cortezianus) -
Black Prickleback
(Xiphister atropurpureus) -
Black Rockfish
(Sebastes melanops) -
Blackbelly Eelpout
(Lycodes pacificus) -
Blackeye Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii) -
Blackfin Poacher
(Bathyagonus nigripinnis) -
Blackfin Sculpin
(Malacocottus kincaidi) -
Blacktail Snailfish
(Careproctus melanurus) -
Blacktip Poacher
(Xeneretmus latifrons) -
Blue Lanternfish
(Tarletonbeania crenularis) -
Blue Rockfish
(Sebastes mystinus) -
Blue Shark
(Prionace glauca) -
Bluebarred Prickleback
(Plectobranchus evides) -
Bluespotted Poacher
(Xeneretmus triacanthus) -
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
(Hexanchus griseus) -
Bocaccio
(Sebastes paucispinis) -
Bonehead Sculpin
(Artedius notospilotus) -
Broadnose Sevengill Shark
(Notorynchus cepedianus) -
Brown Cat Shark
(Apristurus brunneus) -
Brown Irish Lord
(Hemilepidotus spinosus) -
Brown Rockfish
(Sebastes auriculatus) -
Buffalo Sculpin
(Enophrys bison) -
Bull Trout
(Salvelinus confluentus) -
Butter Sole
(Isopsetta isolepis) -
C-O Sole
(Pleuronichthys coenosus) -
Cabezon
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) -
Calico Sculpin
(Clinocottus embryum) -
California flashlightfish
(Protomyctophum crockeri) -
California Headlightfish
(Diaphus theta) -
California Lizardfish
(Synodus lucioceps) -
California Skate
(Raja inornata) -
California Tonguefish
(Symphurus atricaudus) -
Canary Rockfish
(Sebastes pinniger) -
Capelin
(Mallotus villosus) -
China Rockfish
(Sebastes nebulosus) -
Chinook Salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) -
Chum Salmon
(Oncorhynchus keta) -
Coastrange Sculpin
(Cottus aleuticus) -
Coho Salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) -
Common Carp
(Cyprinus carpio) -
Copper Rockfish
(Sebastes caurinus) -
Crescent Gunnel
(Pholis laeta) -
Curlfin Sole
(Pleuronichthys decurrens) -
Cutthroat Trout
(Oncorhynchus clarkii) -
Darkblotched Rockfish
(Sebastes crameri) -
Darter Sculpin
(Radulinus boleoides) -
Daubed Shanny
(Leptoclinus maculatus) -
Decorated Warbonnet
(Chirolophis decoratus) -
Dolly Varden
(Salvelinus malma) -
Dover Sole
(Microstomus pacificus) -
Dusky Sculpin
(Icelinus burchami) -
Dwarf Wrymouth
(Cryptacanthodes aleutensis) -
English Sole
(Parophrys vetulus) -
Eulachon
(Thaleichthys pacificus) -
Flathead Sole
(Hippoglossoides elassodon) -
Fluffy Sculpin
(Oligocottus snyderi) -
Forkline sole
(Parophrys vetulus X Platichthys stellatus) -
Fourhorn Poacher
(Hypsagonus quadricornis) -
Fringed sculpin
(Icelinus fimbriatus) -
Giant Wrymouth
(Cryptacanthodes giganteus) -
Graveldiver
(Scytalina cerdale) -
Gray Starsnout
(Bathyagonus alascanus) -
Great Sculpin
(Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) -
Green Sturgeon
(Acipenser medirostris) -
Greenstriped Rockfish
(Sebastes elongatus) -
Grunt Sculpin
(Rhamphocottus richardsonii) -
Halfbanded Rockfish
(Sebastes semicinctus) -
High Cockscomb
(Anoplarchus purpurescens) -
Hybrid sole
(Inopsetta ischyra) -
Jack Mackerel
(Trachurus symmetricus) -
Kelp Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus) -
Kelp Perch
(Brachyistius frenatus) -
King-of-the-salmon
(Trachipterus altivelis) -
Leopard Shark
(Triakis semifasciata) -
Lingcod
(Ophiodon elongatus) -
Lobefin Snailfish
(Liparis greeni) -
Longfin Gunnel
(Pholis clemensi) -
Longfin Sculpin
(Jordania zonope) -
Longfin Smelt
(Spirinchus thaleichthys) -
Longnose Lancetfish
(Alepisaurus ferox) -
Longnose Skate
(Raja rhina) -
Longsnout prickleback
(Lumpenella longirostris) -
Longspine Combfish
(Zaniolepis latipinnis) -
Lowcrest hatchetfish
(Argyropelecus sladeni) -
Manacled Sculpin
(Synchirus gilli) -
Marbled Snailfish
(Liparis dennyi) -
Mosshead Sculpin
(Clinocottus globiceps) -
Mosshead Warbonnet
(Chirolophis nugator) -
Night smelt
(Spirinchus starksi) -
North Pacific Frostfish
(Benthodesmus pacificus)
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- Abarenicola claparedi - (Rough-skinned lugworm)
- Abarenicola pacifica - (Pacific lugworm)
- Abarenicola sp.
- Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
- Abies concolor - (White Fir)
- Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
- Abietinaria sp
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External links
- BirdWeb
- Burke Museum
- Native plant list (King County)
- Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- USGS: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in Puget Sound
- Washington Herp Atlas
- Washington Invasive Species Council
- Washington Natural Heritage Program
- Washington Natural Heritage Program species lists
- World Register of Marine Species
