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UNIT 6: ATLANTIC 

 SHARK FISHERIES 



Pelagic Sharks 

 Thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus 

 Bigeye thresher, Alopias superciliosus 

 Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus 



longimanus 

 Sevengill shark, Heptrachias perlo 

 Sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus 

 Bigeye sixgill shark, Hexanchus 



vitulus 

 Shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus 

 Longfin mako, Isurus paucus 

 Porbeagle, Lamna nasus 

 Blue shark, Prionace glauca 

 Large Coastal Sharks 

 Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus 



plumbeus 

 Reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi 

 Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus 



limbatus 

 Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus 

 Spinner shark, Carcharhinus 



brevipinna 

 Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis 

 Bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas 

 Bignose shark, Carcharhinus altimus 

 Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus 



galapagensis 



Night shark, Carcharhinus signatus 

 White shark, Carcharodon 



charcharias 

 Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus 

 Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuuieri 

 Nurse shark, Ginglymostoma 



cirratum 

 Lemon shark, Negaprion breuirostris 

 Ragged-tooth shark, Odontaspis ferox 

 Whale shark, Rhincodon typus 

 Scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna 



lewini 

 Great hammerhead, Sphyrna 



mokarran 

 Smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna 



zygaena 

 Small Coastal Sharks 

 Finetooth shark, Carcharhinus isodon 

 Blacknose shark, Carcharhinus 



acronotus 

 Atlantic sharpnose shark, 



Rhizoprionodon terraenouae 

 Caribbean sharpnose shark, 



Rhizoprionodon porosus 

 Bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo 

 Atlantic angel shark, Squatina 



dumerili 



UNIT 7: ATLANTIC 

 COASTAL MIGRATORY 

 PELAGIC FISHERIES 



King mackerel (Gulf/Atlantic), 

 Scomberomorus caualla 



Spanish mackerel (Gulf/ Atlantic), 

 Scomberomorus maculatus 



Cobia, Rachycentron canadum 

 Cero (mackerel), Scomberomorus 



regalis 

 Dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus 



UNIT 8: ATLANTIC/GULF 

 OF MEXICO/CARIBBEAN 

 REEF FISH FISHERIES 



Black snapper, Apsilus dentatus 

 Queen snapper, Etelis oculatus 

 Mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis 

 Schoolmaster, Lutjanus apodus 

 Blackfin snapper, Lutjanus buccanella 

 Red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus 

 Cubera snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus 

 Gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus 

 Mahogany snapper, Lutjanus mahogoni 

 Dog snapper, Lutjanus jocu 

 Lane snapper, Lutjanus synagris 

 Silk snapper, Lutjanus uiuanus 

 Yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus 

 Vermilion snapper, Rhomboplites 



aurorubens 

 Wenchman, Pristipomoides aquilonaris 

 Voraz, Pristipomoides macrophthalmus 

 Bank sea bass, Centropristis ocyurus 

 Rock sea bass, Centropristis 



philadelphica 

 Black sea bass, Centropristis striata 



Dwarf sand perch, Diplectrum 



biuittatum 

 Sand perch, Diplectrum formosum 

 Rock hind, Epinephelus adscensionis 

 Graysby, Epinephelus cruentatus 

 Speckled hind, Epinephelus 



drummondhayi 

 Yellowedge grouper, Epinephelus 



flavolimbatus 

 Coney, Epinephelus fulvus 

 Red hind, Epinephelus guttatus 

 Jewfish, Epinephelus itajara 

 Red grouper, Epinephelus morio 

 Misty grouper, Epinephelus mystacinus 

 Warsaw grouper, Epinephelus nigritus 

 Snowy grouper, Epinephelus nivealus 

 Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus 

 Black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci 

 Yellowmouth grouper, Mycteroperca 



interstitialis 

 Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis 



