Table 4. ELMR species guilds, by region. 



Sessile invertebrates 

 North Atlantic 



Mid- Atlantic 



Southeast 



Gulf of Mexico 



Wesi Coast 



Blue mussel 

 Sea scallop 

 American oyster 

 Hard dam (quahog) 

 Sottshell clam 

 Green sea urchin 



Shrimps and squids 



North Atlantic 



Blue mussel 

 Bay scallop 

 American oyster 

 Hard dam (quahog) 

 Sottshell dam 



Mld-Atlantlc 



Blue mussel 

 Bay scallop 

 Amencan oyster 

 Common rangia 

 Hard dam (quahog) 



Southeast 



Bay scallop 

 Amencan oyster 

 Common rangia 

 Hard dam (quahog) 



Gulf of Mexico 



Blue mussel 

 Pacific oyster 

 Horseneck gaper 

 Pacific gaper 

 Calrfornia (acknrle dam 

 Pacific Irttleneck dam 

 Manila dam 

 Sottshell calm 

 Geoduck 



Wet Coast 



Daggerblade grass shnmp 

 Northern shnmp 

 Sevenspine bay shnmp 



Large crustaceans 



North Atlantic 



Brown shnmp 

 Grass shnmp 

 Sevenspine bay shnmp 



Brown shnmp 

 Pink shnmp 

 White shnmp 

 Grass shnmp 



Southeast 



Bay squid 

 Brown shnmp 

 Pink shnmp 

 Whrte shnmp 

 Grass shnmp 



Guff of Mexico 



Bay shnmp 



West Coast 



Amencan lobster 

 Jonah crab 

 Atlantic rock crab 

 Green crab 



Amencan lobster 

 Blue crab 



Blue crab 



Spiny lobster 

 Blue crab 

 Gulf stone crab 

 Stone crab 



Dungeness crab 



Shallow water fishes 



North Atlantic 



Mid- Atlantic 



Sou thea st 



Gulf of Mexico 



West Coast 



Mummichog 

 Silvers ides 



Fourspine stickleback 

 Threesptne stickleback 

 Nmespine stickleback 

 Northern pipefish 

 Amencan sand lance 



Bay anchovy 

 Sheepshead minnow 

 Mummichog 

 Silverstdes 

 Northern pipefish 

 Sand lance 

 Gobies 



Bay anchovy 

 Sheepshead minnow 

 Mummichog 

 Silversides 



Bay anchovy 

 Sheepshead minnow 

 Gulf killrtish 

 Silversides 

 Code goby 



Deepbody anchovy 

 Slough anchovy 

 Northern anchovy 

 Threespme stickleback 

 Pacific sand lance 

 Arrow goby 



Pelagic fishes 



North Atlantic 



Mld-Atlantlc 



Southeast 



Gulf of Mexico 



West Coast 



Blueback herring 

 Alewrfe 



Amencan shad 

 Atlantic menhaden 

 Atlantic hemng 

 Rainbow smeft 

 Atlantic salmon 

 Whrte perch 

 Stnped bass 

 Bluefish 



Atlantic mackerel 

 Butterfish 



Demersal fishes 



North Atlantic 



Blueback herring 

 Alewrfe 



Amencan shad 

 Atlantic menhaden 

 Atlantic hernng 

 Rainbow smelt 

 Atlantic salmon 

 White perch 

 Striped bass 

 Black sea bass 

 Yellow perch 

 Bluefish 



Atlantic mackerel 

 Butterfish 



Mld-Atlant lc 



Ladyfish 



Blueback hernng 

 Alewrfe 



Amencan shad 

 Atlantic menhaden 

 Whrte perch 

 Stnped bass 

 Black sea bass 

 Bluefish 

 Cobia 



Spanish mackerel 

 Butterfish 



Tarpon 



Alabama shad 

 Gulf menhaden 

 Yellowfin menhaden 

 Gizzard shad 

 Snook 

 Bluefish 

 Blue runner 

 Crevalle jack 

 Flonda pompano 

 Silver perch 

 Spanish mackerel 



Southeast 



Gulf of Mexico 



Amencan shad 

 Padfic hernng 

 Cuttthroat trout 

 Pink salmon 

 Chum salmon 

 Coho salmon 

 Steelhead 

 Sockeye salmon 

 Chinook salmon 

 Surf smelt 

 Lobgfm smelt 

 Topsmelt 

 Jack smeft 

 Stnped Bass 

 Kelp bass 

 Barred sand Bass 

 White seabass 

 Shiner perch 

 Eulachon 



West Coast 



Spiny dogfish 



Skates 



Shortnose sturgeon 



Atlantic sturgeon 



Amencan eel 



Atlantic cod 



Haddock 



Silver hake 



Atlantic tomcod 



Pollock 



Red hake 



Whrte hake 



Northern sea robin 



Grubby 



Longhorn sculpin 



Shorthorn sculpin 



Scup 



Tautog 



Cunner 



Ocean pout 



Rock gunnel 



Windowpane flounder 



American plaice 



Winter flounder 



Yellowtail flounder 



Smooth flounder 



Skates 



Atlantic stingray 



Cownose ray 



Shortnose sturgeon 



Atlantic sturgeon 



American eel 



Channel catfish 



Atlantic cod 



Haddock 



Atlantic tomcod 



Pollock 



Red hake 



Oyster toadfish 



Northern searobin 



Pinfish 



Scup 



Spotted seatrout 



Weakfish 



Spot 



Northern ktngfish 



Atlantic croaker 



Black drum 



Red drum 



Tautog 



Cunner 



Mullet 



Summer flounder 



Windowpane flounder 



Winter flounder 



Hogchoker 



Atlantic sturgeon 

 Amencan eel 

 Gray snapper 

 Sheepshead 

 Pinfish 



Spotted seatrout 

 Stnped mullet 

 Weakfish 

 Spot 



Southern kmgfish 

 Atlantic croaker 

 Black drum 

 Red drum 

 Gulf flounder 

 Summer flounder 

 Southern flounder 



Bull shark 

 Hardhead catfish 

 Flonda pompano 

 Gray snapper 

 Sheepshead 

 Pinfish 



Sand seatrout 

 Spotted seatrout 

 Stnped mullet 

 Spot 



Atlantic croaker 

 Black drum 

 Red drum 

 Guff flounder 

 Southern flounder 



Leopard shark 

 Green sturgeon 

 Whrte sturgeon 

 Padfic tomcod 

 Whrte croaker 

 Lingcod 



Pacific staghorn sculpin 

 California halibut 

 Diamond turbot 

 English sole 

 Starry flounder 



