20 AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 



COMMON NAME OCCURRENCE SCIENTIFIC NAME 



Goldspotted eel A Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup) 



Tiger snake eel P Myrichthys tigrinus Girard 



Speckled worm eel A Myrophis punctatus Liitken 



Spotted spoon-nose eel A Mystriophis intertinctus (Richardson) 



Snapper eel A Mystriophis mordax (Poey) 



Stippled spoon-nose eel A Mystriophis punctifer (Kaup) 



Shrimp eel A Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau) 



Palespotted eel A Ophichthus ocellatus (LeSueur) 



Spotted snake eel A Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus) 



Pacific snake eel P Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup) 



Yellow snake eel P Ophichthus zophochir (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Finless eel A Verma kendalli (Gilbert) 



Dysommidae — mustard eels 

 Mustard eel A Dysomma aphododera Ginsburg 



Order Notacanthiformes (Heteromi) 



Notacanthidae — spiny eels 



Spiny eel A Notacanthus nasus Bloch 



Order Beloniformes (Synentognathi) 



Scomberesocidae — sauries 



Pacific saury P Cololabis saira (Brevoort) 



Atlantic saury A Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum) 



Belonidae — needlefishes 



Flat needlefish A Ahlennes Mans (Valenciennes) 



Agujon A Strongylura acus (Lacep^de) 



Cahfornia needlefish P Strongylura exilis (Girard) 



Atlantic needlefish A Strongylura marina (Walbaum) 



Redfin needlefish A Strongylura notata (Poey) 



Houndfish A Strongylura raphidoma (Ranzani) 



Timucu A Strongylura timucu (Walbaum) 



Hemiramphidae — halfbeaks 



Hardhead half beak A Chriodorus atherinoides Goode and Bean 



Flying half beak A Euleptorhamphus velox Poey 



Ribbon half beak P Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt) 



Balao A Hemiramphus halao LeSueur 



Ballyhoo A Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus) 



Longfin half beak P Hemiramphus saltator Gilbert and Starks 



California half beak P Hyporhamphus rosae (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Half beak A-P Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani) 



Exocoetidae — flyingfishes 



California flyingfish P Cypselurus calif ornicus (Cooper) 



Clearwing flyingfish A Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill) 



Margined flyingfish A Cypselurus cyanopterus (Valenciennes) 



Bandwing flyingfish A Cypselurus exsiliens (Linnaeus) 



Spotfin flyingfish A Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill) 



Atlantic flyingfish A Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque) 



