. . . Common and Scientific Names 



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UNIT 20. ALASKA 

 SHELLFISH FISHERIES 



King crabs 



Red king crab, Paralithodes 



camlschatica 

 Blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus 

 Golden (brown) king crab, Lithodes 

 aequispina 

 Tanner crabs, Chionecetes bairdi, 



Chionecetes opilio 

 Sea Snails, Neptunea pribiloffensls. 



Neptunea heros, Neptunea lyrata, 

 Neptunea uentricosa, Neptunea 

 oregonensis, Buccinum angulossum, 

 Buccinum plectrum, Buccinum 

 scalariforme, Buccinum polare, 

 Volutopsius middindorfrii, 

 Volutopsius fragilis, Plicifusus 

 kroyeri, Pyrulofusus deformis 



UNIT 21. NEARSHORE 

 RESOURCES 



Tarpon, Megalops atlanticus 

 Ladyfish, Elops saurus 

 Bonefish, Albula uulpes 

 American eel, Anguilla rostrata 

 Other shads, herrings, Alosa aestivalis, 

 Alosa alabamae, Alosa mediocris, 

 Dorosoma cepedianum, Dorosoma 

 petenense, Etrumeus teres, 

 Harengula clupeola, Harengula 

 humeralis, Harengula jaguana 

 Atlantic thread herring, Opislhonema 



oglinum 

 Spanish sardine, Sardinella aurita 

 Ballyhoo, Hemiramphus brasiliensis 

 Surf smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus 

 Eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus 

 Common snook, Centropomus 



undecimalis 

 Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus 

 Permit, Trachinotus falcatus 

 California corvina, Menticirrhus 



undulatus 

 Surfperches, Family Embiotocidae 



Mullets, Family Mugilidae 



Tautog, Tautoga onitis 



Striped bass (Pacific), Morone saxatilis 



Abalone, Haliotis spp. 



Whelk, Busycon spp. 



Periwinkle, Littorina spp. 



Pacific shrimps, Family Pandalidae 



Dungeness crab, Cancer magister 



Rock crab, Cancer irroratus 



Jonah crab. Cancer borealis 



Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus 



Blue mussel, Mytilus edulis 



Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula 



Pismo clam, Tiuela stultorum 



Pacific hard clams, Family Veneridae 



Atlantic hard clam, Mercenaria 



mercenaria 

 Softshell clam, Mya arenaria 

 Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians 

 Calico scallop, Argopecten gibbus 

 Oyster (Atlantic), Crassostrea virginica 

 Oyster (Pacific), Crassostrea gigas 

 Sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus spp. 



UNIT 22. ATLANTIC 

 MARINE MAMMALS 



Right whale, Eubalaena glacialis 

 Humpback whale, Megaptera 



nouaeangliae 

 Longfin pilot whale, Globicephala melas 

 Shortfin pilot whale, Globicephala 



macrorhynchus 

 Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 

 Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus 

 Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina 



Other Marine Mammals 

 Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus 

 Whitesided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus 



acutus 

 Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba 

 Spotted dolphin (Atlantic), Stenella 



plagiodon 

 Beaked whales, Mesoplodon spp. 



UNIT 23. PACIFIC 

 MARINE MAMMALS 



Eastern Tropical Pacific Porpoises 

 Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris 

 Spotted dolphin (Pacific), Stenella 



attenuata 

 Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba 

 Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis 



Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus 



Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus 



Humpback whale, Megaptera 

 nouaeangliae 



Northern (Steller) sea lion, Eumetopias 



jubatus 

 Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus 

 Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus 



schauinslandi 

 California sea lion, Zalophus 



californianus 

 Other Marine Mammals 



Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli 



Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 



