Table 3' — List of scientific and common names of fishes 



[Common name is from American Fisheries Society 

 Special Publication 2(1960)''" -a second common 

 name has been added where the AFS name may con- 

 fuse species locally] 



Fajnily 



Species 



Common name 



MGUILLIDAE 



ARIIDAE 



ATHERINIDAE 



BATRACHOIDIDAE 



BELONIDAE 



BLEMIIDAE 



BOraiDAE 



CARANGIDAE 



CLUTEIDAE 



An^uilla rostrata (LeSueur) 



Galeichthys fells (Linnaeus) 



Membras martlnica (Valenciennes) 

 Menidia menidia (Linnaeus ) 



Opsanus tau (Linnaeus) 



Strongylura. marina. (Walbaum) 



Chasmodes bosquianus (La,cepede) 

 Hypsoblennius hentzi (LeSueur) 



Etropus crossotus Jordan and Gilbert 

 Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus) 

 Paralichthys letho stigma Jordan and Gilbert 

 Paralichthys squamilentus Jordan and Gilbert 

 Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill) 



Caranx hippos (Linnaeus) 

 Chloroscombrus chrysums (Linnaeus) 

 Olifioplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider) 

 Selene vome r ( Linnae us ) 

 Trachinotus carol inus (Linnaeus ) 

 Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus) 

 Tra.chinotus glaucus (Bloch) 

 Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill) 



Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill) 

 Alosa. sapidisslma (Wilson) 

 Brevoortia smithl Hildebrand 

 Brevoortia tyr annus (Latrobe) 

 Dorosoma cepedianum (LeSueur) 

 Dorosoma petenense (Gunther) 

 Harengula, pensacolae Goode and Bean 

 Opisthonema oglinum (LeSueur) 

 Sardinella a.nchovia Valenciennes 



American eel 



Sea catfish 



Rough silvers ide 

 Atlantic silvers ide 



Oyster toadfish 



Atlantic needlefish 



Striped blenny 

 Feather blenny 



Fringed flounder 

 Summer flounder 

 Southern flounder 

 Broad flounder 

 Windowpane 



Crevalle jack 



Bumper 



Leatherjacket 



Lookdown 



Pompano 



Permit 



Palometa 



Atlantic moonf ish 



Blue back herring 

 American shad 

 Yellowf in shad 

 Atlantic menha,den 

 Gizzard sha,d 

 Threadfin shad 

 Scaled sardine 

 Atlantic thread herring 

 Spanish sardine 



■"■ A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada, 

 by Reeve M. Bailey, et al. 1960. Amer. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. No. 2 (2nd ed.), 102 p. 



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