Common names 



croaker 



fluke 



hake 



little tuna 



mackerels t 



Common mackerel 

 Thirable-eye mackerel 



menhaden 



scup 



sea bass 



skipjack 



s que te ague 



striped bass 



tautog 



tuna 2/ 



Local names 



croaker, hardhead 



flounder 



ling 



false albaoore 



Scientific name 



Micropogon undulatus 

 Paraliohthys dentatus 

 Phyoi s ohus s 

 *Euthynnus alletteratus 



mackerel 



thimble -eye, chub 



pogy, bunker 



Scomber scombrus 

 Pneumatophorus oolias 

 Brevoortla tyrannus 

 soup, porgy Stenotomus chrysops 



sea bass, black bass Centropristes striatus 

 oceanic boni to, watermelon •Katsiiwonus pelamis 

 weekfish, sea t''out Cynoscion regalis 

 striper Roocus saxatilis 



blackfish "Pautoga onitis 



horse mackerel Thunnus thynnus 



1/ A specimen tentatively identified in the field as albaoore ( Thunnus 

 germo ) was taken* Since the specimen was not preserved it is not possible 

 to verify the identification. 



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