NAMES OF FISHES 



COMMON NAME OCCURRENCE SCIENTIFIC NAME 



Spinytail skate A Raja spinicauda Jensen 



Starry skate P Raja stellulata Jordan and Gilbert 



Roundel skate A Raja texana Chandler 



Roughtail skate P Raja trachura Gilbert 



Dasyatidae — stingrays 



Southern stingray A .... Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder 



Roughtail stingray A Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill) 



Diamond stingray P Dasyatis dipterurus (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Atlantic stingray A Dasyatis sabina (LeSueur) 



Bluntnose stingray A Dasyatis sayi (LeSueur) 



Pelagic stingray P Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte) 



Spiny butterfly ray A Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus) 



California butterfly ray P Gymnura marmorata (Cooper) 



Smooth butterfly ray A Gymnura micrura (Bloch and Schneider) 



Round stingray P Urolophus halleri Cooper 



Yellow stingray A Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier) 



Myliobatidae — eagle rays 



Spotted eagle ray A Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen) 



Bat stingray P Myliobatis calif ornicus Gill 



Bullnose ray A Myliobatis freminvillei LeSueur 



Southern eagle ray A Myliobatis goodei Garman 



Cownose ray A Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill) 



Mobulidae — mantas 



Atlantic manta A Manta birostris (Walbaum) 



Pacific manta P Manta hamiltoni (Newman) 



Devil ray A Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft) 



Spinetail mobula P Mobula japanica (MuUer and Henle) 



Smooth tail mobula P Mobula lu^asana Beebe and Tee-Van 



Order Chimaeriformes (Chimaerae) 



Chimaeridae — chimaeras 



Ratfish P Hydrolagus colliei (Lay and Bennett) 



CLASS OSTEICHTHYES— BONY FISHES 



Order Acipenseriformes (Chondrostei) 



Acipenseridae — sturgeons 



Shortnose sturgeon A-F Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 



Lake sturgeon F Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 



Green sturgeon P-F Acipenser medirostris Ayres 



Atlantic sturgeon A-F Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill 



White sturgeon P-F Acipenser transmontanus Richardson 



Pallid sturgeon F Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes and Richardson) 



Shovelnose sturgeon F Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque) 



Polyodontidae — paddlefishes 

 Paddlefish F Polyodon spathula (Walbaum) 



