INDEX TO COMMON NAMES 



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moray, California 19 



chain 19 



goldentail 19 



green 19 



purplemouth 19 



pygmy 19 



reticulate 19 



speckled — see moray, spotted 



spotted 19 



viper 19 



morays 19 



mosquitofish 22 



mossbunker — see menhaden, Atlantic 

 mousefish — see sargassumfish 

 muddler— see sculpin 

 mudfish — see bo\vfin; mummichog; killi- 

 fish, striped; molly, sailfin 



mudminnow, central 12 



eastern 12 



Olympic 12 



mudminnows 12 



mudsucker, longjaw 36 



mullet, black 46 



blueback — see liza 



common — see mullet, striped 



fantail 46 



grey — see mullet, striped 

 king — see goatfish, yellow 



mountain 46 



redeye 46 



silver — see mullet, white 



striped 46 



white 46 



mullets 46 



mummichog 21 



muskellunge 12 



muttonfish — see pout, ocean 



N 



needlefish, Atlantic 20 



California 20 



flat 20 



Pacific — see needlefish, California 



redfin 20 



needlefishes 20 



nibblers 32 



niggerfish — see coney 



night sergeant 33 



numbfish — see ray, lesser Atlantic 



O 



oarfish 24 



oarfishes 24 



oilfish 34 



opah 23 



opahs 23 



opaleye 32 



ouananiche 11 



oysterfish — see toadfish, oyster 



P 



paddlefish 9 



paddlefishes 9 



palometa 30 



parrotfish, blue 34 



bluelip 34 



bucktooth 34 



red — see parrotfish, stoplight 



emerald 34 



green — see parrotfish, stoplight 



purple 34 



queen 34 



rainbow 34 



redband 34 



redfin 34 



redtail 34 



spotfin 34 



stoplight 34 



striped 34 



parrotfishes 34 



peamouth 14 



pearleye, northern 13 



pearleyes 13 



pearlfish 45 



pearlfishes 45 



perch — see also seaperch ; surfperch 

 bay — see perch, black 



black 33 



see also blacksmith; opaleye 

 blue — see blacksmith; perch, black 

 blue-eye — see opaleye 

 button — see opaleye 

 Catalina — see blacksmith; opaleye 



dwarf 33 



dwarf sand 25 



green — see opaleye; perch, yellow 



kelp 33 



ocean 37 



Pacific Ocean 37 



pile 33 



pirate 24 



reef 33 



Rio Grande 33 



Sacramento 27 



sand 25 



shiner 33 



silver 31 



splittail — see seaperch, white 

 stump — see sunfish, spotted 



tule 33 



viviparous — see perch, tule 



white 25 



see also perch, silver; drum, freshwater 



yellow 29 



zebra 32 



