List of Fishes of Alaska and Adjacent Waters 

 with a Guide to Some of Their Literature 



JAY C. QUAST, Fishery Biologist 



and 



ELIZABETH L. HALL, Biological Technician 



National Marine Fisheries Service 



Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory 



Auke Bay, AK 99821 



ABSTRACT 



The authors list 432 species known to occur in Alaska waters, supplemented by 

 137 species that have been recorded from neighboring waters and, in the authors' 

 opinion, should be considered when new collections are identified. Species entries are 

 annotated to include common names, recorded range, useful references, localities 

 represented by specimens in the collection of the Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory, and 

 comments on taxonomy. Recorded geographic ranges are extended fof 26 species: 

 Ophidiidae — Spectriinctilus radcliffei; Scorpaenidae — Sebastes emphaeus, S. 

 nigrocinclus, S ivilsoni; Cottidae — Eurymen gyrinus, Gymnocanthus detrisus, 

 G. pistilliger, Hemilepidolus zapus, Icelus spatula, I. uncinalis, Myoxocephalus jaok, 

 Nautichthys pribilorius. Triglops scepticus; Agonidae — Agonopsis emmelane, 

 Aspidophoroides bartoni, Ocella rerrucosa; Cyclopteridae — Careproctus melanurus, 

 C. rastrinus, Cyclopteropsis phrynoides, Liparis bristolense. L. ochotensis, Para- 

 tiparis caudatus, P. deani, Temnocora Candida; Scombridae — Thunnus thynnus; 

 Pleuronectidae — Limanda proboscidea. 



INTRODUCTION 



This list is an outgrowth of systematic and 

 taxonomic work on the Alaska fish fauna at the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service Auke Bay 

 Fisheries Laboratory. It is an interim document 

 designed to fill the gap between the earlier lists 

 of Wilimovsky (1954, 1964), now partially out 

 of date, and more comprehensive works that 

 are expected in the future. This document should 

 not be regarded as fully authoritative because 

 of the limited time the authors had to devote to 

 the task and the complexities of the literature. 

 Rather, it is intended as a preliminary guide to 

 the species and their literature — a first entry 

 for those not fully acquainted with the Alaska 

 fish fauna. 



The list departs from its predecessors in 

 several ways. Numerous additional species 

 since recorded for Alaska are included, as well 

 as some species recorded for neighboring waters 

 but not for Alaska. The latter are included on 

 the theory that numerous range extensions into 

 Alaska will be recorded in the future and that 

 the student of the fauna must be aware of 

 possible species that may contribute to the 

 fauna. Some inconsistency in the geographic 

 citations, particularly in regard to what con- 

 stitutes "adjacent waters," was unavoidable. 

 Most of the geographic data are from the litera- 

 ture, including published translations, and the 

 ranges cited often were not comparable between 



