Table 3.7. Fishes and rays recorded from Tijuana Estuary by Ford et al. (1971), IBWC (1976), White 

 and Wunderlich (unpubl.), and Nordby (1982). 



ATHERINIDAE (Silversides): 

 Atherinops affinis - topsmelt 



BATRACHOIDIDAE (Toadfishes): 

 Porichthys myriaster - specklefin midshipman 



BLENNIDAE (Combtooth blennies): 

 Hypsoblennius gentilis - bay blenny 



BOTHIDAE (Lefteye flounders): 

 Citharichthys spp. - sanddabs 

 Paralichthys californicus - California halibut 



CLUPEIDAE (Herrings): 

 Sardinops sagax caeruleus - Pacific sardine 



COTTIDAE (Sculpins): 

 Artedius harringtoni - scalyhead sculpin 

 Leptocottus armatus - staghorn sculpin 



CYNOGLOSSIDAE (Tonguefishes): 

 Symphurus atricauda - California tonguefish 



CYPRINODONTIDAE (Killifishes): 

 Fundulus parvipinnis - California killifish 



DASYATIDIDAE (Stingrays): 

 Urolophus halleri - round stingray 



EMBIOTOCIDAE (Surfperches): 

 Amphistichus argenteus - barred surfperch 

 Cymatogaster aggregata - shiner perch 

 Hyperprosopon argenteum - walleys surfperch 



ENGRAULIDAE (Anchovies): 

 Anchoa compressa - deepbody anchovy 

 Anchoa delicatissima - slough anchovy 

 Engraulis mordax - northern anchovy 



GOBIIDAE (Gobies): 

 Acanthogobius flavimanus - yellowfin goby 

 Clevelandia ios - arrow goby 

 Gillichthys mirabilis - longjaw mudsucker 

 llypnus gilberti - cheekspot goby 

 Lepidogobius lepidus - bay goby 

 Ouietula y-cauda - shadow goby 



KYPHOSIDAE (Sea chubs): 

 Girella nigricans - opaleye 



LABRIDAE (Wrasses): 

 Semicossyphyus pulcher - California sheephead 



MUGILIDAE (Mullets): 

 Mugil cephalus - striped mullet 



MYLIOBATIDAE (Bat rays): 

 Myliobatus californicus - bat ray 



OPHIDIIDAE (Cusk-eels): 

 Otophidium scrippsi - basketweave cusk-eel 



PLEURONECTIDAE (Righteye flounders): 

 Hypsopsetta guttulata - diamond turbot 

 Pleuronichthys coenosus - C-0 turbot 

 Pleuronichthys ritteri - spotted turbot 

 Pleuronichthys verticalis - hornyhead turbot 



POECIUIDAE: 

 Gambusia affinis - mosquitofish 



RHINOBATIDAE (Guitarfishes): 

 Rhinobatus productus - shovelnose guitarfish 



SCIAENIDAE (Croakers): 

 Genyonemus lineatus - white croaker 

 Menticirrhus undulatus - California corbina 

 Seriphus polifus - queenfish 



SCOMBRIDAE (Mackerels): 

 Scomber japonicus - Pacific mackerel 



SERRANIDAE (Sea basses): 

 Paralabrax clathratus - kelp bass 

 Paralabrax maculatofasciatus - spotted sandbass 

 Paralabrax nebulifer - barred sandbass 



SPHYRAENIDAE (Barracudas): 

 Sphyraena argentea - California barracuda 



SYNGNATHIDAE (Pipefishes and Seahorses): 

 Syngnafhus lepforhynchus - bay pipefish 



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